[Qgis-developer] Create vector layer directly in PostGIS

[Richard Duivenvoorde]

On 08/31/2011 12:13 PM, uk52rob wrote:
> Giovanni,
> 
> Thanks, but this only seems to be able to load in shapefiles.
> 
> What I would like is to remove the need to store a shapefile in the first
> instance.
> 
> Eg. Press the 'New Shapefile Layer' toolbar button, fill in the attributes,
> then select a PostGIS DB to store to, not a shapefile.

No need to make a shapefile.

Start postgis manager, make a connection to your database en use button
'create table'. There you have the same dialog as you have with making a
new shapefile: give a name, type of geometry and add attributes.

Regards,

Richard