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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>The table is not created during update, but should be updated with new records and corrections as needed. I’ve confirmed I see the same issue in one of my databases that was upgraded to 3.1.4 (5757 rows) (compared to a fresh install 8500 rows).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I’ve ticketed here:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="https://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/ticket/5024">https://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/ticket/5024</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>As far as hard upgrade, that should only be needed if going from Pre PostGIS 2.0 to PostGIS 2.0 and above.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> postgis-users [mailto:postgis-users-bounces@lists.osgeo.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>McCoy, Shawn<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 22, 2021 1:56 PM<br><b>To:</b> postgis-users@lists.osgeo.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [postgis-users] Should the spatial_ref_sys table be updated using the "ALTER EXTENSION...UPDATE" command?<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto'>I looked through code and didn't see any update commands or any calls to "spatial_ref_sys.sql" in the script "postgis--ANY--3.1.4.sql". In 3.1.4 there are several new rows in the table.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto'><br>1. Is this object purposely not recreated via the update script?<br>2. In the docs: <a href="https://postgis.net/docs/manual-3.0/postgis_installation.html#upgrading" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1A73E8'>https://postgis.net/docs/manual-3.0/postgis_installation.html#upgrading</span></a>, is this why the "HARD UPGRADE" method is required? If so, why is there even a symlink named "postgis--2.4.5--3.1.4.sql"?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto'>Thanks for any information,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto'>Shawn<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto'><br>quick repro of my question:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>postgres=> create extension postgis version '2.4.5';</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>CREATE EXTENSION</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>postgres=> select count(*) from spatial_ref_sys;</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> count</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>-------</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> 5757</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>(1 row)</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>postgres=> alter extension postgis update to '3.1.4';</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>WARNING: unpackaging raster</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>WARNING: PostGIS Raster functionality has been unpackaged</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>HINT: type `SELECT postgis_extensions_upgrade();` to finish the upgrade. After upgrading, if you want to drop raster, run: DROP EXTENSION postgis_raster;</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>ALTER EXTENSION</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>postgres=> select count(*) from spatial_ref_sys;</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> count</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>-------</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> 5757</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>(1 row)</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Sans Serif"'>whereas...</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>postgres=> create extension postgis version '3.1.4';</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>CREATE EXTENSION</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>postgres=> select count(*) from spatial_ref_sys;</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> count</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>-------</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> 8500</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>(1 row)</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>