[Gdal-dev] Override geom column name in ogr PostgreSQL driver

[Frank Warmerdam]

rob at dataflowdesign.com wrote:
> In OGR, is there a way to override the name of the wkb_geometry column
> in the PostgreSQL driver? Bug 769 addresses a similar issue for
> the oracle driver. But there doesn't appear to be a way in pg from
> looking at the code. 
> 
> If there is a way, please let me know and I will use it. If not, I
> will gladly submit a simple patch that I wrote which accepts the
> following argument:
> 
>     -lco GEOM_FNAME=the_geom

Rob,

Such a thing does not yet exist.  Please submit the request with the
layer creation option name GEOMETRY_NAME to match what the OCI driver
calls it.  I will modify the MySQL to also use this name.

Best regards,
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