[mapguide-users] OGR with postgis support

[kenny at keniginc.com]

Hi Kenneth and thank you for responding to this thread.

How do you edit the providers.xml?

It is my understanding that from the readme associated with the ogr  
provider that I downloaded that you need to do 2 things:

1, add an entry, this entry:

   <FeatureProvider>
     <Name>OSGeo.OGR.0.1</Name>
     <DisplayName>FDO Provider for OGR</DisplayName>
     <Description>Access to OGR data sources</Description>
     <IsManaged>False</IsManaged>
     <Version>0.1.0.0</Version>
     <FeatureDataObjectsVersion>3.1.0.0</FeatureDataObjectsVersion>
     <LibraryPath>OGRProvider.dll</LibraryPath>
    </FeatureProvider>

to providers.xml and as you correctly stated, add the OGRprover.dll into FDO.

I have done these and restarted the mapGuide service.

If all goes well, when you go to Studio and attempt to add a database  
connection, you should the OGR provider. Right now, I only see the  
ODBC connection that I set up awhile back.

Did I miss something?

Quoting "Kenneth, GEOGRAF A/S" <ks at geograf.dk>:

> You must edit providers.xml and copy the dll into the FDO directory.
> This must be done in both the Service FDO folder and the Studio FDO folder.
>
> I'm guessing that Studio uses the GUI part, and the Service does the
> actual data access.
>
> Perhaps Studio should be modified to load this from the server?
> But then there would be windows/linux problems.
>
> I don't know how this works in Web Studio, if thats what you are trying.
>
> Mvh. Kenneth, GEOGRAF A/S
>
>
>
> kenny at keniginc.com skrev:
>> Ok,
>>
>> I know I have been a bit slower catching on to this than most,   
>> largely because other extreme commitments but please bear with me.
>>
>> I just downloaded, unzipped and compiled OGR Provider with PostGIS   
>> support so I can gain direct access to some of our files using   
>> connections.
>>
>> After adding an entry to providers.xml, I restarted service, wen to  
>>  studio and database connection but it isn't there.
>>
>> What am I doing wrong?
>>
>> Thanks very much in advance
>>
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