[postgis-users] Probelm with postgis-pg81-setup-1.1.6-1 in XP

[Tomas Lanczos]

> From: Mark Cave-Ayland [mailto:mark.cave-ayland at ilande.co.uk] 
> 
> Hi Tomas,
> 
> Ahhh I think I see what happened here - the old PostgreSQL 
> installers had an option to install PostGIS into template1 as 
> part of the install. Hence when the installer creates the new 
> template_postgis database, it finds that the functions 
> already exist :(
> 
> This option has been removed from the latest 8.2 installer, 
> but of course it may make things difficult for people 
> upgrading. I'm not sure what the best method to work around 
> this is, other than attempting to drop the complete list of 
> PostGIS functions beforehand. Anyone on the list have any 
> better ideas?

It works, anyway. It would be nice and correct if it will be mentioned in
the installation instructions. Deleting the stuff before the installation
begins is just a minor workaround.

Best regards

Tomas

> Kind regards,
> 
> Mark.
> 
>