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[Jeff Lounsbury]

As far as your second point, shp2pgsql doesn't connect directly to the
DB, it just outputs SQL. So you need to either pipe it into psql
ex:
./shape2pgsql -D db /var/www/cgi-bin/atlas/data/states_nlam.shp states
db  |  psql db

or else write it to a file that you can then use to load into postgres,
ex:
./shape2pgsql -D db /var/www/cgi-bin/atlas/data/states_nlam.shp states
db  > states_nlam.sql
psql db -f states_nlam.sql


-Jeff

"Menke, Kurt" wrote:

>  I am trying to familiarize myself with POSTGIS syntax and am hitting
> some barriers. I'm sure there is something basic I am missing.  Any
> help would be greatly appreciated1) Is Geometry still a valid data
> type?  I am working on a POSTGIS tutorial and if I use the SELECT
> command below SELECT AddGeometryColumn ( 'db', 'table', 'field', -1,
> 'GEOMETRY', 2 ) ;I get:Invalid Type name - valid ones are: GEOMETRY,
> GEOMETRYCOLLECTION, POINT, MULTIPOINT, POLYGON, MULTIPOLYGON,
> LINESTRING, MULTILINESTRIN2) I hit another roadblock when trying to
> use the shp2pgsql command.When I try to dump a shapefile into a new
> tabel using:./shape2pgsql -D db
> /var/www/cgi-bin/atlas/data/states_nlam.shp states dbI get a series of
> coordinates printing to the screen but the table is not created.
> What am I doing wrong?Thanks,Kurt~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Kurt A. Menke
> GIS Analyst
> Earth Data Analysis Center
> The University of New Mexico
> Bandelier West, Room 111
> Albuquerque, NM 87131-6031
> (505)277-3622 ext. 239
> Fax (505)277-3614


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