[postgis-users] Problems with database creation

[Daniel Vencler]

Darren Houston wrote:
> Hello Daniel.
> 
> There are no errors with your install. Those messages are normal. As I 
> understand it, after the shell types (placeholders) are created, they 
> are replaced with complete type definitions for you to then use.
> 
> Darren H.
> 
	But when I try to run ogc test I get :
NOTICE:  CREATE TABLE / PRIMARY KEY will create implicit index 
'lakes_pkey' for table 'lakes'
ERROR:  Type "linestring" does not exist
ERROR:  Type "multilinestring" does not exist
ERROR:  Type "multipolygon" does not exist
NOTICE:  CREATE TABLE / PRIMARY KEY will create implicit index 
'bridges_pkey' for table 'bridges'
ERROR:  Type "linestring" does not exist
NOTICE:  CREATE TABLE / PRIMARY KEY will create implicit index 
'buildings_pkey' for table 'buildings'
ERROR:  Type "multipoylgon" does not exist
NOTICE:  CREATE TABLE / PRIMARY KEY will create implicit index 
'named_places_pkey' for table 'named_places'
NOTICE:  CREATE TABLE / PRIMARY KEY will create implicit index 
'map_neatlines_pkey' for table 'map_neatlines'
ERROR:  Function polygonfromtext("unknown", integer) does not exist
         Unable to identify a function that satisfies the given argument 
types
         You may need to add explicit typecasts
ERROR:  Relation "road_segments" does not exist
ERROR:  Relation "road_segments" does not exist
ERROR:  Relation "road_segments" does not exist
ERROR:  Relation "road_segments" does not exist
ERROR:  Relation "road_segments" does not exist
ERROR:  Relation "divided_routes" does not exist
ERROR:  Relation "forests" does n        You may need to add explicit 
typecasts
ERROR:  Relation "streams" does not exist
ERROR:  Relation "streams" does not exist
ERROR:  Function pointfromtext("unknown", integer) does not exist
         Unable to identify a function that satisfies the given argument 
types
         You may need to add explicit typecasts
ERROR:  Function pointfromtext("unknown", integer) does not exist
         Unable to identify a function that satisfies the given argument 
types
         You may need to add explicit typecasts
ERROR:  Relation "ponds" does not exist
ERROR:  Function polygonfromtext("unknown", integer) does not exist
         Unable to identify a function that satisfies the given argument 
types
         You may need to add explicit typecasts
ERROR:  Function polygonfromtext("unknown", integer) does not exist
         Unable to identify a function that satisfies the given argument 
types
         You may need to add explicit typecasts
ERROR:  Function polygonfromtext("unknown", integer) does not exist
         Unable to identify a function that satisfies the given argument 
types
         You may need to add explicit typecasts
ot exist
ERROR:  Function pointfromtext("unknown", integer) does not exist
         Unable to identify a function that satisfies the given argument 
types

I get simmilar errors when I try to import shape file with shp2pgsql.

					Best regards,
					Daniel Vencler