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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Dear all,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Apologies if this has been covered elsewhere but I am new to PostGIS and need to resolve this, hopefully simple issue.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am trying to get raster images into PostGIS (this is version 2 sitting on top of Postgres 9.1 under windows).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I run the command: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>C:\tmp>raster2pgsql –I –C –r *.tif –F public.blockedtif >blocktif.sql<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Followed by:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>C:\tmp>psql –U postgres –d Testing –f blocktif.sql<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This writes the table (blockedtif) into the public schema of Testing and there is a rast column (although it appears empty, but the table size says otherwise – so I am assuming is normal?).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>When I issue the command:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>C:\tmp> gdalinfo “PG:host=localhost port 5432 dbname=Testing user=postgres password=******* schema=public table=blockedtif”<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I keep getting the error ERROR 1: Sorry, but table blockedtif doesn’t seem to have regular blocking arrangement…..<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>As I am specifying the Constraint –r (which can be confirmed in the dbase as enforce_regular_blocking_rast) I do not understand this error. I have tried this with the Kauai.bill file used in the postgis book with the same error.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am not entirely certain what to do next as I need to be able to export the rasters from the dbase as well.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Any suggestions would be appreciated. If I have been an idiot (entirely likely) do not be afraid to tell me – I have broad shoulders!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Many Thanks<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Darrel<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>