[GRASS-user] Re: postgreSQL import (Patrick S.)

Just found the problem with PostgreSQL-import:

If the postGIS-layer has multiple geometries (in my case, centroid and polygon), it will be viewed with “db.tables -p”, but not imported through “v.in.ogr”. Error is misleading as it says “Layer not available”. Workaround, was a copy of the layer with only one geometry. Would be great to be able to select though, e.g. as done in QGIS.

patrick

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Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 10:50:57 +0100
From: "Patrick S." [<patrick_GIS@gmx.ch>](mailto:patrick_GIS@gmx.ch)
Subject: [GRASS-user] postgreSQL import
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I try to import various files from PostgreSQL to GRASS in GRASS70.
/
db.connect driver=pg 
database='host=<server>,dbname=<database>,schema=<schamename>'
db.login user="sustaincity" pass="+++"
db.connect -p
db.tables -p |less

for i in {1..3};
     do
         v.in.ogr dsn='PG:host=<servername> dbname=<dbname> 
user=<username>' layer=schema.layer output=layer$i 
type=boundary,centroid  -o --o;
     done/

This does only work for few layers. Some layers have many items inside 
and these are not recognized, although I can view them through db.tables 
-p.:
*/ERROR: Layer <schema.layername> not available/*

any ideas?