[Qgis-user] Problems loading postgis layers

[Andreas Neumann]

 If you migrate from Postgis 1.5.x to Postgis 2.0.x you have to do a 
 hard upgrade. You have to dump the database before the upgrade and read 
 it in again after the upgrade.

 See 
 http://postgis.refractions.net/documentation/manual-svn/postgis_installation.html#hard_upgrade

 As this is a Postgis related problem - please ask at the Postgis 
 mailinglist.

 Andreas

 PS: it is a good idea to dump your database every day for backup 
 purposes. I use a cronjob for that. It is absolutely necessary to dump 
 the database before you do a Postgis or library upgrade. Otherwise your 
 data is really at risk.

 On Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:55:35 +0200, Andreas Forø Tollefsen wrote:
> Thats it i guess. On the server i created a new database based on the
> new postgis 2.0 trunk. The previous was an earlier trunk. At the same
> time i upgraded some of the libraries i think.
> Any idea on how to solve this except recreating the whole database?
> I am not sure how a recovery from backup will work now.
>
> The new database based on the latest postgis 2.0 trunk works without
> problems. Strange...
>
>  Thanks,
>
> Andreas
>
> 2011/8/17 Andreas Neumann
>
>> yes, seems like a more serious problem in Postgis.
>>
>> Perhaps consult the Postgis mailinglist about it?
>>
>> Did you recently run an upgrade on this database? Or other changes
>> of the underlying libraries, such as geos?
>>
>> Andreas
>>
>> On Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:35:49 +0200, Andreas Forø Tollefsen wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Andreas,
>>>
>>> I tried using pgAdmin to access a file.
>>> i.e. 
>>> query: SELECT * FROM priogrid;
>>>
>>> ERROR:  Unknown geometry type: 0 - Unknown
>>>
>>> ********** Error **********
>>>
>>> ERROR: Unknown geometry type: 0 - Unknown
>>> SQL state: XX000
>>>
>>> I also tried to do this on the computer running the server. From
>>> terminal.
>>> psql priogrid 
>>> and then
>>> SELECT * FROM priogrid;
>>>
>>> Same error: ERROR: Unknown geometry type: 0 - Unknown.
>>>
>>> Maybe i have corrupted my whole database. I can access all the
>>> table
>>> columns except for the geometrical ones.
>>>
>>> Any ideas?
>>>
>>> 2011/8/17 Andreas Neumann
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Did you double check that the permissions are ok and that all
>>>> the
>>>> Postgis connection parameters are ok (or perhaps different from
>>>> version 1.6)?
>>>>
>>>> Can you access the Postgis tables with pgAdmin3 from the same
>>>> machine using the same credentials?
>>>>
>>>> It could be a number of issues - permissions or wrong
>>>> connection
>>>> settings are quite likely.
>>>>
>>>> Andreas
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, 17 Aug 2011 13:54:58 +0200, Andreas Forø Tollefsen
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi all.
>>>>>
>>>>> I recently upgraded my QGIS to 1.7. Previously using QGIS
>>>>> 1.6. 
>>>>> Now i cant load postgis layers from the same server as i used
>>>>> previously.
>>>>> The problem occurs when i select a layer in the postgis
>>>>> connection and
>>>>> try to add this.
>>>>>
>>>>> For instance when trying to add the cshapes dataset i get
>>>>> this
>>>>> error:
>>>>>
>>>>> Unable to access the "public"."cshapes" relation.
>>>>>
>>>>> The error message from the database was:
>>>>>
>>>>> ERROR: Unknown geometry type: 65536 - Unknown
>>>>>
>>>>> .
>>>>>
>>>>> SQL: select * from "public"."cshapes" limit 1
>>>>>
>>>>> Then i get a 'Invalid Layer' box which tells me that the
>>>>> cshapes
>>>>> layer
>>>>> is invalid and cannot be added to QGIS.
>>>>>
>>>>>  This happens with all of the 400 tables i have stored on my
>>>>> PostGIS
>>>>> server.
>>>>>
>>>>>  Any ideas why this happens?
>>>>>
>>>>>  Thanks in advance.
>>>>>
>>>>> Andreas
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> --
>>>> Andreas Neumann
>>>> Böschacherstrasse 10A
>>>> 8624 Grüt (Gossau ZH)
>>>> Switzerland
>>>
>>> Links:
>>> ------
>>> [1] mailto:a.neumann at carto.net [1]
>>
>> --
>> --
>> Andreas Neumann
>> Böschacherstrasse 10A
>> 8624 Grüt (Gossau ZH)
>> Switzerland
>
>
>
> Links:
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