From: | "Jim C(dot) Nasby" <jnasby(at)pervasive(dot)com> |
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To: | Yantao Shi <y(dot)shi(at)larc(dot)nasa(dot)gov> |
Cc: | pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: how to use PostGIS with Postgres |
Date: | 2006-02-23 21:21:38 |
Message-ID: | 20060223212138.GA86022@pervasive.com |
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On Thu, Feb 23, 2006 at 01:54:06PM -0500, Yantao Shi wrote:
> We have PostGIS 1.1.1 installed and I am trying to get it to work with
> Postgres8.1.1 on our system.
>
> Could some one give me a small sample script that lets me connect to
> postgis from Postgres?
>
> I have never used postgis before. I need to test its geo-spatial
> functionality with Postgres.
PostGIS is just a set of extensions on top of PostgreSQL. As long as you
don't create any namespace collisions, you can use a PostGIS database
exactly the same as if it was just a PostgreSQL database (which of
course it is).
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