[postgis-users] find_srid and null values
Nicolas RIBOT
nri at scot.cnes.fr
Tue Aug 27 01:44:40 PDT 2002
> I think returning -1 would be a bad idea - it'll cause a world of pain
> later on. The real problem is that you dont have an entry in the
> geometry_columns table.
>
> You dont have to have an entry in spatial_ref_sys - you only need
> one if you are doing re-projection with transform().
>
> If you always setup your spatial columns with addGeometryColumn(), you
> shouldnt have any problems. (Dont forget to dropGeometryColumn() if
> you're going to delete a table)
>
Ok,
I will add entry in the spatial_ref_sys table for each new
Postgis-enabled database.
Thanx for the answer.
Nicolas
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