Insert POINT into postgres database
This works if you write SQL "directly":
CREATE TEMP TABLE x(p point) ;INSERT INTO x VALUES ('(1,2)');INSERT INTO x VALUES (point(3, 4));SELECT * FROM x ;Results
(1,2)(3,4)
After couple of combinations, found out this works.!!
( '(' + req.body.places.point.x + ',' + req.body.places.point.y +')' )
Posting as answer if someone is trying to do this just using node-postgres.
So you can use single-quoted points: insert into x values ( '(1,2)' );
But using insert into x values (point(1,2)); in the query does not work.
I recently came across a similar problem using node-postgres when inserting into a postgis database with a geography (point) column. My solution was to use:
pool.query("INSERT INTO table (name, geography) VALUES ($1, ST_SetSRID(ST_POINT($2, $3), 4326))", [req.body.name, req.body.lat, req.body.lng ]);