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

[Frank Warmerdam]

Ari Jolma wrote:
> rob at dataflowdesign.com kirjoitti:
>> 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
>>   
> 
> I thought there was no need to specify the name, i.e., OGR looks at the
> schema and picks the column with geometry type. Or am I missing
> something? I have tables which have differing names for the geometry
> column and everything works.

Ari,

The GEOMETRY_NAME thing is for creating new tables.

You are correct that the geometry column should be automatically
recognised in existing tables.

Best regards,

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