[postgis-users] shp2pgsql and schemas

[strk]

Schema handling is not supported by current postgis version.
I'd suggest you  set your search_path so to have the schema you'd
like the table to be created in as the first listed.
Using schema.table will not work when fed to AddGeometryColumn.

--strk;


carrolls wrote:
> The updated code is:
> input := ''ALTER TABLE '' || quote_ident(schema_name) || ''.'' || quote_ident(table_name) || '' ADD COLUMN '' || quote_ident(column_name) || '' geometry '';
> RAISE NOTICE ''input: %'', input;
> EXECUTE input;
> RAISE NOTICE exec finished;
> 
> And the new output is:
> psql:toload.txt:2: ERROR:  syntax error at or near "exec"
> CONTEXT:  compile of PL/pgSQL function "addgeometrycolumn" near line 43
> 
> No output is given for the first RAISE NOTICE.  The the_geom column is 
> still not added to the created table.
> 
> Seamus
> 
> On Fri, 12 Dec 2003, David Blasby wrote:
> 
> > Seamus Thomas Carroll wrote:
> > > I have changed the code to:
> > > input := ''ALTER TABLE '' || quote_ident(schema_name) || ''.'' || quote_ident(table_name) || '' ADD COLUMN '' || quote_ident(column_name) || '' geometry '';
> > > RAISE NOTICE ''input: %'', input;
> > > EXECUTE input;
> > > 
> > > and the output is now:
> > > psql:toload.txt:2: NOTICE:  input: ALTER TABLE roads.carrolls_route_alberta_test ADD COLUMN the_geom geometry
> > > psql:toload.txt:2: ERROR:  syntax error at or near "$3" at character 70
> > > CONTEXT:  PL/pgSQL function "addgeometrycolumn" line 69 at return
> > > 
> > > if I copy the result of the notice and paste it into the psql prompt it 
> > > works without error.
> > > 
> > > Could this be a error in posgtres that is causing a syntax error when one 
> > > is not present?
> > 
> > Try putting a "RAISE NOTICE exec finished" immediately after the EXECUTE.
> > 
> > dave
> > 
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