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From:  Michael Fuhr <mike@fuhr.org>
To:  Omar Zevallos <omzeta@hotmail.com>
CC:  pgsql-novice@postgresql.org
Subject:  Re: [NOVICE] PostgreSQL 8.1
Date:  Thu, 5 Jan 2006 20:52:33 -0700
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>On Fri, Jan 06, 2006 at 02:12:51AM +0000, Omar Zevallos wrote:
> > Hi, I have installed PostgreSQL 8.1 for windows, this version comes
> > with PostGIS? becouse I have an application that uses a postgreSQL
> > database and when I execute it, it raises an exception:
> >
> > "function postgis_version() does not exist"
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>Standard PostgreSQL installations don't come with PostGIS, although
>somebody might have created a package that bundles them together.
>Where did you get PostgreSQL?
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> > I supposed that the installers of this version of PostgreSQL came
> > already with PostGIS because I get insert geographic data a table that
> > I created.
>
>What exactly are you doing?  PostgreSQL has its own geometric types
>that are different than the PostGIS types -- are you sure you're
>not confusing them?
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>Michael Fuhr
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