[postgis-devel] probe_geometry_columns

[Markus Schaber]

Hi, Kevin,

Kevin Neufeld wrote:

>   3. probe remaining columns for srid, ndims, and geotype, apply
> necessary table constraints, and insert the spatial column into
> geometry_columns.

>From looking at the code, it seems that this will not work fine for
"mixed" geometry columns, which can be declared with 'GEOMETRY' as
geometry type.

>   4. gracefully throw a warning if the srid/ndims/geotype values could
> not be determined (ie. empty table or null geometries)

Yes, it indeed looks very useful.

Thanks a lot,
Markus
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