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To: Andreas Gaab <A.Gaab@scanlab.de>
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Subject: Re: select points of polygons 
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Comments: In-reply-to Andreas Gaab <A.Gaab@scanlab.de>
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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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Andreas Gaab <A.Gaab@scanlab.de> writes:
> I have polygons with 5 points (left, center, right, top, bottom)

> Now I would like to select an individual point out of the polygon. Are
> there any functions to provide this

Doesn't look like it :-(.  Seems like rather an oversight.

			regards, tom lane