Received: from smtpout.mac.com (smtpout.mac.com [204.179.120.88]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D93F475893 for ; Sun, 14 Jul 2002 23:32:29 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtp-relay02.mac.com (smtp-relay02-en1 [10.13.10.225]) by smtpout.mac.com (8.12.1/8.10.2/1.0) with ESMTP id g6F3WY7d016667 for ; Sun, 14 Jul 2002 20:32:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from asmtp01.mac.com (asmtp01-qfe3 [10.13.10.65]) by smtp-relay02.mac.com (8.12.1/8.12.1/1.0) with ESMTP id g6F3WTrE018831 for ; Sun, 14 Jul 2002 20:32:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost ([24.68.198.74]) by asmtp01.mac.com (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with ESMTP id GZ9TU400.RAI for ; Sun, 14 Jul 2002 20:32:28 -0700 Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2002 21:32:35 -0600 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v482) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Subject: Fwd: line datatype From: Tim Hart To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <8109AB25-97A3-11D6-8730-000393460410@mac.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.482) X-Archive-Number: 200207/209 X-Sequence-Number: 8588 Probably the most succinct explanation would be to copy & paste from the terminal... tjhart=> create table a_line( foo line ); CREATE tjhart=> insert into a_line ( foo ) values( '(0,0), (1,1)' ); ERROR: line not yet implemented tjhart=> select version(); version --------------------------------------------------------------------- PostgreSQL 7.2.1 on powerpc-apple-darwin5.3, compiled by GCC 2.95.2 (1 row) The documentation (datatype-geometric.html) indicates both a 'line' type and an 'lseg' type in the summary table at the top of the page. The same code above using the type 'lseg' in place of 'line' works just fine. Why can I create a table with a column of type 'line' if I can't insert into it?