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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Marcus,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>This is a common problem. It sounds like you don't have the postgis functions loaded in your database. The easiest way to remedy are</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>1) If you are starting with a new database and you have a database called template_postgis - create a new database and choose the template_postgis as your template</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>OR</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>2) If you already have a database with tables, spatially enable your database by running the following SQL files</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> postgis-users-bounces@postgis.refractions.net on behalf of marcus@rump-online.net<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tue 9/18/2007 2:33 PM<BR><B>To:</B> postgis-users@postgis.refractions.net<BR><B>Subject:</B> [postgis-users] Error "select AddGeometryColumn"<BR></FONT><BR></DIV></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>Hello PostGIS-Users,<BR><BR>I am a new PostGIS-User.<BR><BR>I try to create a geodatabase with following software (OpenJump 1.2 D, PostGIS - PostgreSQL Version 1.6.3).<BR>It was no problem to create my tables in pgAdminIIIQuery like<BR><BR>“create table baeume (bID INT NOT NULL, kurz_bez varchar(30) NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY ( bID );”<BR><BR>but if try to create the geometry column like<BR><BR>“select AddGeometryColumn ( 'baeume', 'geom', -1, 'POINT', 2);”<BR><BR>then I get follwing message.<BR><BR>ERROR: function addgeometrycolumn("unknown", "unknown", integer, "unknown", integer) does not exist SQL Status:42883<BR>Hinweis:No function matches the given name and argument types. You may need to add explicit type casts.<BR>Zeichen:33<BR><BR>It seems that the table or column „baeume” does not exist but if I do<BR><BR>“select * from baeume;“<BR><BR>then the table appear.<BR>What is the problem? Could somebody help me please?<BR><BR><BR><BR>Regards<BR><BR>Marcus<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>postgis-users mailing list<BR>postgis-users@postgis.refractions.net<BR><A href="http://postgis.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users">http://postgis.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users</A><BR></FONT></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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