[postgis-users] [newbie][install] AddGeometryColumn fails ...

[Nicolas Ribot]

> Hi, thanks for your fast reply.
> But you'll guess I'm a stupid moron, since I find the answer just
> after sending the mail.
> Here is what I understand, please correct me if anything is wrong.
> At install time, postgres created a database named 'postgres' (since I
> asked him to do so).
> And I was doing all my tests in that database, which must be, from my
> feeling, its internal database, ie NOT TO USE.
> So anything I tried failed miserabily.
> Just after sending that stupid mail, I created another database, named
> postgis, and tried again the example, which worked great through
> pgAdmin.
> So, am I right in any way, or is it just solar windthat makes it work ?
>

Yes, that's it.
postgres database is used as a template one by the system.

Have fun with postgis !

Nicolas