[postgis-users] WKT-saving instead of WKB

["Daniela Stärke"]

Hi everyone,

I wanted to know if it is possible to save a geometry-column in a database immediately in WKT-format without converting it into WKB automatically.
For instance when I insert the geometry-data I use the sql-command:

insert into tablename ( id, x) values ( 'line', GeometryFromText ( 'LINESTRING (10 20, 20 30, 50 44)', -1));


Then this coordinates are changed/saved in Well-Known-Binary (WKB), or??? But this changing/converting I don't want, because the program (mezogis), which I use to watch the content of the database crashes, when I want to open it.

Which means I get these messages:


Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/mezoGISlib/_guicore.py", line 291, in __goButton
    if self.runQuery(query) == True:
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/mezoGISlib/_guicore.py", line 400, in runQuery
    self.showResults(cursor, query, layer, resultset, tablelist)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/mezoGISlib/_guicore.py", line 434, in showResults
    mapview = openMapView(layer.resultset)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/mezoGISlib/_guiwindows.py", line 33, in openMapView
    m = MapWindow(resultset)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/mezoGISlib/_guiwindows.py", line 139, in __init__
    self.canvas = MapCanvas()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/mezoGISlib/_canvas.py", line 86, in __init__
    self.__createNewCanvas()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/mezoGISlib/_canvas.py", line 524, in __createNewCanvas
    self.ctx = self.pixmap.cairo_create()
cairo.Error: NULL pointer


and then this, when I want to work with a SQL-command:

SELECT * FROM "public"."geodatenpoint";
Exception in thread Thread-14:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/threading.py", line 460, in __bootstrap
    self.run()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/mezoGISlib/_geodata.py", line 465, in run
    gtk.gdk.threads_leave()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/GeoTypes/_Point.py", line 64, in __init__
    or a psycopg cursor."""
ValueError: Second param to __init__ is not a %s
                        or a psycopg cursor.


I had the impression, that somehow mezogis couldn't convert the WKB back into a "well-known-text" format. Thats why I ask, if it is possible to make an explicit statement, that insert geometry-data is not saved in WKB.



Thanks you for your help in advance

Daniela
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