[fdo-users] FDO OGR-Driver 3.4.0 Connecting to PostGIS 8.2 with AutoCAD Map 3d 2010 fails

[Frank Warmerdam]

Hermann Karl wrote:
> Dear List,
> 
> trying to connect to PostGIS 8.2 from AutoCAD Map 3d 2010
> with connectionstring
> 
> PG:"dbname=databasename host=localhost port=5432 user=x password=y"
> 
> following error message is launched
> 
> OSGeo.FDO.Common.Execption: Connect failed:
>  bei OSGeo.FDO.Connections.IConnectionImp.Open()
>  bei 
> Autodesk.Gis.Map.DataConnect.Plugins.GenericProviderConnectionPlugin.buttonLogin_Click(Object 
> sender, EventArgs e)
> 
> in the readme of the FDO OGR-driver 3.4.0 there is following comment:
> 
> So far the OGR provider has been (successfully) tested with:
>     * SHP files
>     * MapInfo files (.TAB)
>     * Oracle Spatial
>     * ESRI personal geodatabase (.mdb)
>     * PostGIS (on PostgreSQL 8.1.4)
> 
> the commandlinetools ogr2ogr or ogrinfo work with this connection syntax

Karl,

OGR is not built with postgresql support by default and I suspect the
OGR driver you have lacks it.  You can test the GDAL/OGR dll with depends.exe
(if you have it) to see if it has a dependency on the libpq.dll (the postgres
client library).

Best regards,
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