Re: Importing csv files containing multiple geometries in postgis

Dear Selcuk,

Thanks a lot for your response. I have also attached my csv file :)

I tried to insert values into mygis_table, however, I am afraid I am
getting the following errors. Can you please help me identify as to
where am I going wrong:

testdbSpatial=# insert into mygis_table(objectid, poly)
values(1,GeomFromText('LINESTRING(198231 263418,198213 268322)',-1));
ERROR: function geomfromtext(unknown, integer) does not exist
LINE 1: insert into mygis_table(objectid, poly) values(1,GeomFromTex...
^
HINT: No function matches the given name and argument types. You
might need to add explicit type casts.

On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 1:20 PM, SELCUK AYDIN
<selcuk(dot)aydin(at)netcad(dot)com(dot)tr> wrote:
> Hello ,
>
>
> This table keep all geometry type (point , polygon, linestring). Your data is including all of them I think. Could you send your csv data . I will try insert into a spatial table maybe.
>
>
> CREATE TABLE mygis_table
> (
> objectid serial not null,
> poly geometry(Geometry,4326),
> CONSTRAINT mygis_table_pkey PRIMARY KEY (objectid)
> )
> WITH (
> OIDS=FALSE
> );
> ALTER TABLE mygis_table
> OWNER TO postgres;
>
> -- Index: "gixB19E787C"
>
> -- DROP INDEX "gixB19E787C";
>
> CREATE INDEX "gixB19E787C"
> ON mygis_table
> USING gist
> (poly);
>
>
> I hope I will help you.
>
>
> Best wishes.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgsql-admin-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org [mailto:pgsql-admin-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org] On Behalf Of Rose Beck
> Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2016 8:39 AM
> To: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: [ADMIN] Importing csv files containing multiple geometries in postgis
>
> I have the following data in tab delimited csv file (containing latitude and longitude of places):
>
> <place1> <geo> "POLYGON((-5.8335446 43.3655635,-5.8336337
> 43.3655207,-5.8349218 43.3673341,-5.8345197 43.3674013,-5.8336182
> 43.3660938,-5.8335037 43.365924,-5.8334505 43.3658461,-5.8334702
> 43.3657311,-5.8335446 43.3655635))" .
> <place2> <geo> "POINT((-5.8374796 43.3687922))" .
> <place3> <geo> "LINESTRING((-5.8427265 43.3678474,-5.8421236 43.3677908))" .
> <place4> <geo> "MULTIPOINT((-5.8445678 43.3589236,-5.8435222
> 43.358205,-5.8429834 43.3575551,-5.8429127 43.3572642))" .
>
> I want to import this data into postgis. In order to do so, I need to create a table in my database first. I know I can create a table for one specific geometry(e.g. for POINT) using:
>
> create table myTable (firstColumn varchar(100));
> SELECT AddGeometryColumn( 'myTable', 'geom', 4269, 'POINT', 2 );
>
> But I am not able to understand as to how can I import my csv file containing varied geometries into postgres in a single table in a single column myTable. I also want to construct a single "gist" index on the top of myTable
>
>
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> Rose
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Rose