diff --git a/lib/pc_api.h b/lib/pc_api.h
index 5474c2b..4e7c3c1 100644
--- a/lib/pc_api.h
+++ b/lib/pc_api.h
@@ -320,6 +320,9 @@ void pc_patch_free(PCPATCH *patch);
 /** Create a compressed copy, using the compression schema referenced in the PCSCHEMA */
 PCPATCH* pc_patch_compress(const PCPATCH *patch, void *userdata);
 
+/** Create an uncompressed copy */
+PCPATCH * pc_patch_uncompress(const PCPATCH *patch);
+
 /** Create a new readwrite PCPOINT from a byte array */
 PCPATCH* pc_patch_from_wkb(const PCSCHEMA *s, uint8_t *wkb, size_t wkbsize);
 
diff --git a/lib/pc_patch.c b/lib/pc_patch.c
index 2e5a1c3..f7151e3 100644
--- a/lib/pc_patch.c
+++ b/lib/pc_patch.c
@@ -126,6 +126,33 @@ pc_patch_compress(const PCPATCH *patch, void *userdata)
 }
 
 
+PCPATCH *
+pc_patch_uncompress(const PCPATCH *patch)
+{
+	uint32_t patch_compression = patch->type;
+	
+    if ( patch_compression == PC_DIMENSIONAL )
+    {
+        PCPATCH_UNCOMPRESSED *pu = pc_patch_uncompressed_from_dimensional((PCPATCH_DIMENSIONAL*)patch);
+        return (PCPATCH*)pu;
+    }
+    
+    if ( patch_compression == PC_NONE )
+    {
+        return (PCPATCH*)patch;
+    }
+    
+    if ( patch_compression == PC_GHT )
+    {
+        pcerror("pc_patch_uncompress: GHT compression not yet supported");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+
+
 PCPATCH * 
 pc_patch_from_wkb(const PCSCHEMA *s, uint8_t *wkb, size_t wkbsize)
 {
diff --git a/pgsql/expected/pointcloud.out b/pgsql/expected/pointcloud.out
index cdc7d3c..4d857a7 100644
--- a/pgsql/expected/pointcloud.out
+++ b/pgsql/expected/pointcloud.out
@@ -100,6 +100,11 @@ INSERT INTO pa_test (pa) VALUES ('0000000002000000000000000200000002000000030000
 ERROR:  no entry in "pointcloud_formats" for pcid = 2
 LINE 1: INSERT INTO pa_test (pa) VALUES ('00000000020000000000000002...
                                          ^
+SELECT PC_Uncompress(pa) FROM pa_test LIMIT 1;
+ pc_uncompress 
+---------------
+(0 rows)
+
 INSERT INTO pa_test (pa) VALUES ('0000000001000000000000000200000002000000030000000500060000000200000003000000050008');
 INSERT INTO pa_test (pa) VALUES ('000000000100000000000000020000000600000007000000050006000000090000000A00000005000A');
 INSERT INTO pa_test (pa) VALUES ('000000000100000000000000020000000600000007000000050006000000090000000A00000005000A');
@@ -142,6 +147,18 @@ SELECT PC_AsText(PC_Union(pa)) FROM pa_test;
  {"pcid":1,"pts":[[0.02,0.03,0.05,6],[0.02,0.03,0.05,8],[0.06,0.07,0.05,6],[0.09,0.1,0.05,10],[0.06,0.07,0.05,6],[0.09,0.1,0.05,10],[0.06,0.07,0.05,6],[0.09,0.1,0.05,10]]}
 (1 row)
 
+SELECT sum(PC_NumPoints(pa)) FROM pa_test ;
+ sum 
+-----
+   8
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT sum(PC_NumPoints(pa)) FROM pa_test ;
+ sum 
+-----
+   8
+(1 row)
+
 --DROP TABLE pts_collection;
 --DROP TABLE pt_test;
 --DROP TABLE pa_test;
diff --git a/pgsql/pc_access.c b/pgsql/pc_access.c
index f2ea1e5..66d23c2 100644
--- a/pgsql/pc_access.c
+++ b/pgsql/pc_access.c
@@ -11,10 +11,12 @@
 #include "utils/numeric.h"
 #include "funcapi.h"
 
-/* Other SQL functions */
+/* General SQL functions */
 Datum pcpoint_get_value(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS);
 Datum pcpatch_from_pcpoint_array(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS);
 Datum pcpatch_from_pcpatch_array(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS);
+Datum pcpatch_uncompress(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS);
+Datum pcpatch_numpoints(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS);
 
 /* Generic aggregation functions */
 Datum pointcloud_agg_transfn(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS);
@@ -508,4 +510,21 @@ Datum pcpatch_unnest(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	}
 }
 
+PG_FUNCTION_INFO_V1(pcpatch_uncompress);
+Datum pcpatch_uncompress(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+	SERIALIZED_PATCH *serpa = PG_GETARG_SERPATCH_P(0);
+    PCSCHEMA *schema = pc_schema_from_pcid(serpa->pcid, fcinfo);
+    PCPATCH *patch = pc_patch_deserialize(serpa, schema);
+    SERIALIZED_PATCH *serpa_out = pc_patch_serialize_uncompressed(patch);
+    pc_patch_free(patch);
+    PG_RETURN_POINTER(serpa_out);
+}
+
+PG_FUNCTION_INFO_V1(pcpatch_numpoints);
+Datum pcpatch_numpoints(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+	SERIALIZED_PATCH *serpa = PG_GETARG_SERPATCH_P(0);
+    PG_RETURN_INT32(serpa->npoints);
+}
 
diff --git a/pgsql/pc_pgsql.c b/pgsql/pc_pgsql.c
index 31eb397..25b1980 100644
--- a/pgsql/pc_pgsql.c
+++ b/pgsql/pc_pgsql.c
@@ -562,6 +562,30 @@ pc_patch_serialize(const PCPATCH *patch_in, void *userdata)
 }
 
 
+/**
+* Convert struct to byte array.
+* Userdata is currently only PCDIMSTATS, hopefully updated across
+* a number of iterations and saved.
+*/
+SERIALIZED_PATCH * 
+pc_patch_serialize_uncompressed(const PCPATCH *patch_in)
+{   
+    PCPATCH *patch = (PCPATCH*)patch_in;
+    SERIALIZED_PATCH *serpatch;
+    
+    /*  Convert the patch to uncompressed, if necessary */
+    if ( patch->type != PC_NONE )
+    {
+        patch = pc_patch_uncompress(patch_in);
+    }
+    
+    serpatch = pc_patch_uncompressed_serialize(patch);
+    
+    if ( patch != patch_in )
+        pc_patch_free(patch);
+    
+    return serpatch;
+}
 
 static PCPATCH *
 pc_patch_uncompressed_deserialize(const SERIALIZED_PATCH *serpatch, const PCSCHEMA *schema)
diff --git a/pgsql/pc_pgsql.h b/pgsql/pc_pgsql.h
index d4395d4..893ae1a 100644
--- a/pgsql/pc_pgsql.h
+++ b/pgsql/pc_pgsql.h
@@ -92,6 +92,9 @@ size_t pc_patch_serialized_size(const PCPATCH *patch);
 /** Turn a PCPATCH into a byte buffer suitable for saving in PgSQL */
 SERIALIZED_PATCH* pc_patch_serialize(const PCPATCH *patch, void *userdata);
 
+/** Turn a PCPATCH into an uncompressed byte buffer */
+SERIALIZED_PATCH* pc_patch_serialize_uncompressed(const PCPATCH *patch);
+
 /** Turn a byte buffer into a PCPATCH for processing */
 PCPATCH* pc_patch_deserialize(const SERIALIZED_PATCH *serpatch, const PCSCHEMA *schema);
 
diff --git a/pgsql/pointcloud--1.0.sql b/pgsql/pointcloud--1.0.sql
index e385dc8..99a00b2 100644
--- a/pgsql/pointcloud--1.0.sql
+++ b/pgsql/pointcloud--1.0.sql
@@ -122,6 +122,13 @@ CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION PC_Envelope(p pcpatch)
 	RETURNS bytea AS 'MODULE_PATHNAME', 'pcpatch_bytea_envelope'
 	LANGUAGE 'c' IMMUTABLE STRICT;
 
+CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION PC_Uncompress(p pcpatch)
+    RETURNS pcpatch AS 'MODULE_PATHNAME', 'pcpatch_uncompress'
+    LANGUAGE 'c' IMMUTABLE STRICT;
+
+CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION PC_NumPoints(p pcpatch)
+    RETURNS int4 AS 'MODULE_PATHNAME', 'pcpatch_numpoints'
+    LANGUAGE 'c' IMMUTABLE STRICT;
 
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 --  POINTCLOUD_COLUMNS
diff --git a/pgsql/sql/pointcloud.sql b/pgsql/sql/pointcloud.sql
index 6be4d6a..50ec349 100644
--- a/pgsql/sql/pointcloud.sql
+++ b/pgsql/sql/pointcloud.sql
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS pa_test (
 
 DELETE FROM pa_test;
 INSERT INTO pa_test (pa) VALUES ('0000000002000000000000000200000002000000030000000500060000000200000003000000050008');
+SELECT PC_Uncompress(pa) FROM pa_test LIMIT 1;
 INSERT INTO pa_test (pa) VALUES ('0000000001000000000000000200000002000000030000000500060000000200000003000000050008');
 INSERT INTO pa_test (pa) VALUES ('000000000100000000000000020000000600000007000000050006000000090000000A00000005000A');
 INSERT INTO pa_test (pa) VALUES ('000000000100000000000000020000000600000007000000050006000000090000000A00000005000A');
@@ -86,6 +87,9 @@ SELECT PC_AsText(PC_Explode(PC_Patch(pt))) FROM pt_test;
 
 SELECT PC_AsText(PC_Union(pa)) FROM pa_test;
 
+SELECT sum(PC_NumPoints(pa)) FROM pa_test ;
+SELECT sum(PC_NumPoints(pa)) FROM pa_test ;
+
 --DROP TABLE pts_collection;
 --DROP TABLE pt_test;
 --DROP TABLE pa_test;