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To: Thomas Lockhart <lockhart@fourpalms.org>
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Subject: Re: [SQL] line datatype 
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Comments: In-reply-to Thomas Lockhart <lockhart@fourpalms.org>
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Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 12:30:27 -0400
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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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Thomas Lockhart <lockhart@fourpalms.org> writes:
>> No one likes entering an equation.  Two points seems the simplest.

> That it does.

On the other hand, if you want to enter two points why don't you just
use lseg to begin with?  There's not much justification for having a
separate line type unless it behaves differently ...

			regards, tom lane