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PostGIS not converting GIS data into latitude/longitude values

I am running PostgreSQL and PostGIS. I am trying to do something mind-numbingly simple: determine the latitude and the longitude of a point. Unfortunately, PostGIS stubbornly refuses to transform the ...
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SRID 4326 and geometry conversion

From this line: SELECT ST_AsEWKT(geom) FROM buildings LIMIT 1; I get this result: "SRID=4326;MULTIPOLYGON(((404269.308014269 4543087.6184561,...)))" I'm wondering if the coordinations are ...
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How to fix incorrect SRID of the geometry column?

I've been told to use AddGeometryColumn to properly add a column with correct/preferred SRID. however I wonder if it's possible to fix/change the current column instead of adding a new? If there's no ...
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Why does Find_SRID return zero?

using SELECT Find_SRID('public', 'myTable', 'myColumn'); I get zero as the result, what does it mean? Regards,
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Problem when calculating longitude and latitude for points

I have a PostGIS database with SRID=900913 (Google Mercator) and I would like to know the latitude and longitude of points. I use this command: ST_X(ST_TRANSFORM(the_geom,4283)) Following what is ...
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How to get the coordinate system from a PostGIS database?

My question is probably amazinlgy stupid, but I can't find the answer myself. I would like to extract from a database the latitude and longitude of points. For now, I'm getting x(the_geom) and ...