added area() as alias for area2d()

git-svn-id: http://svn.osgeo.org/postgis/trunk@271 b70326c6-7e19-0410-871a-916f4a2858ee

diff --git a/Attic/postgis_sql_common.sql.in b/Attic/postgis_sql_common.sql.in
index d92b55284b941871e26c68902b63e87c1fcdc714..3178e25436bac876bb4f089748ef158b58cee062 100644 (file)
--- a/Attic/postgis_sql_common.sql.in
+++ b/Attic/postgis_sql_common.sql.in
@@ -585,6 +585,11 @@ CREATE FUNCTION area2d(geometry)
        AS '@MODULE_FILENAME@'
        LANGUAGE 'C' WITH (isstrict);
 
+CREATE FUNCTION area(geometry)
+       RETURNS FLOAT8
+       AS '@MODULE_FILENAME@','area2d'
+       LANGUAGE 'C' WITH (isstrict);
+
 CREATE FUNCTION perimeter3d(geometry)
        RETURNS FLOAT8
        AS '@MODULE_FILENAME@'