> 1) Is Geometry still a valid data type?  I am working on a POSTGIS tutorial
> and if I use the SELECT command below
> 
> SELECT AddGeometryColumn ( 'db', 'table', 'field', -1, 'GEOMETRY', 2 ) ;
> 
> I get:
> 
> Invalid Type name - valid ones are: GEOMETRY, GEOMETRYCOLLECTION, POINT,
> MULTIPOINT, POLYGON, MULTIPOLYGON, LINESTRING, MULTILINESTRIN
 
I believe some older versions (and maybe even the latest ones) are case-
sensitive on the 'geometry' type - try all lower case.

Chris



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