[postgis-users] Beginning in PostGIS

[James Keener]

tl;dr: Have you tried QGIS?

What were you using to copy/paste before?  I didn't think straight
editing of the DBaseIII files directly was a sane thing to do, as
they're linked up with the shape and shape-index files.

PostGIS is just a PostgreSQL database, so any editor that can allow you
to edit/duplicate PostgreSQL tables could work.  As for mutating
geometries, maybe QGIS?  That would also allow you to edit geometries,
attributes, as well as duplicate features.

Hope that helps,
Jim

On 04/18/2015 11:39 AM, Luciano wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> I wonder how can I update a postgresql postgis database before the
> following scenario:
> Always worked with shape files and update them used copy / paste between
> files.
> Now, think about creating a database in PostgreSQL and would like to
> continue using copy / paste to update polygons, but in my database
> structure is different from the shape file. For example:
> Imagine that the shapefile have all the fields in one table, already in
> the database, by reason of standardization, have these columns in tables
> distinct. Below is an example of a register of towns.
> 
> File shape, columns:
> town ​​code;
> town description;
> Neighborhood code;
> name of the neighborhood;
> block code;
> Street code;
> street name;
> 
> In Postgres / Gis could look like this:
> 
> Cities table (data):
> - Town id
> - Description of town
> 
> Neighborhoods table (data):
> - Id of the neighborhood
> - Description of the neighborhood
> - Id of town (foreign key)
> 
> Blocks table:
> - Id of the court
> - Block of code
> - Town id (foreign key)
> - Geometry, polygon
> 
> Streets table:
> - Street id
> - Street name
> - Town id (foreign key)
> - Geometry, line
> 
> How could update (insert) a block in postgresql table using copy / paste
> the shape file?
> Would have to create a trigger/procedure (instead of) to automate the
> process?
> Fields of shape file should be equal to the fields of database table?
> Some practical example as a reference?
> 
> tia
> -- 
> Luciano
> 
> 
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