PostgreSQL GEOMETRIC Types

PostgreSQL GEOMETRIC Types is a SQL data type in the Data Types category. PostgreSQL geometric types for 2D spatial data with operators for distance, intersection, containment. The syntax is POINT(x,y) / LINE / LSEG / BOX / PATH / POLYGON / CIRCLE. It returns geometric data. A close relative is INT, which standard integer type. Range: -2147483648 to 2147483647 (signed). Use BIGINT for larger values. A close relative is VARCHAR(n), which variable-length string with a maximum length. Most common string type. Efficient for varying-length data. A close relative is TEXT, which for large text content (up to 65535 bytes in MySQL). Variants: TINYTEXT, TEXT, MEDIUMTEXT, LONGTEXT. More about this category: SQL column data types — INT, VARCHAR, TEXT, BOOLEAN, DATE, TIMESTAMP, JSON, DECIMAL. Related Data Types entries: INT, VARCHAR(n), TEXT, BOOLEAN / BOOL, DATE, TIMESTAMP / DATETIME, DECIMAL / NUMERIC, JSON.