[postgis-users] Possibility to join PostGISwithnon spatialdbstored attribute data

Martin Davis mbdavis at refractions.net
Tue May 8 14:35:03 PDT 2007


I think he's already answered that question  ;^)

Bruce Rindahl wrote:
> Paul
> Then what exactly are you saying about the shapefile format? One file for
> the spatial, one file for the attributes, and another to link them together
> (and more for indexes, projection...)? :)
> Bruce Rindahl
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: postgis-users-bounces at postgis.refractions.net
> [mailto:postgis-users-bounces at postgis.refractions.net] On Behalf Of Paul
> Ramsey
> Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 3:20 PM
> To: PostGIS Users Discussion
> Subject: Re: [postgis-users] Possibility to join PostGISwithnon
> spatialdbstored attribute data
>
> Having spatial and attributes separate is *VERY* common, it is just also 
> very bad design. You get best leverage from your tools when they are 
> together. As Regina pointed out, the OGR connection might give you some 
> dynamic joining possibilities. Also check out the Mapserver JOIN 
> capabilities.
>
> P
>
>   

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