[udig-devel] Re: How to add an Oracle Spatial layer?

[Jesse Eichar]

On 9-May-06, at 8:52 PM, John Reid wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Thanks Jesse for fixing the wizard.  I must have looked while the  
> nightly build was still in progress as the most recent build I  
> could find was the 3rd May :-(  So I went ahead and after a bit of  
> fiddling built it from the subversion repository.
>
> Anyway, the wizard now works and it looks like I am able to connect  
> to the database instance, however now I've found what looks like a  
> new problem.
>
> I am unable to select a schema as the "Schema" combo box is  
> unpopulated and manually entering text into it disables the "next"  
> button.  Unfortunately I need to be able to add layers from  
> multiple schemas :-(
>
> If I leave the Schema box alone and click on next I end up with an  
> empty Resource Selection screen.  How does uDig locate tables with  
> a geometry attribute?  Also, what I really need to do at the moment  
> is display the results of a select query that returns a geometry  
> attribute.  In theory is this currently possible?
>
The geotools oracle plugin is responsible for determining what table  
should be used.  I've seen a bunch of emails on the Geotools users  
list and developers lists about it... But I'm afraid I don't  
understand many of the issues.

> If you want I can whip up instructions on how to configure JAI and  
> the necessary Eclipse plugins without the need for the custom  
> eclipse_jre.zip and extras.zip as detailed on http:// 
> udig.refractions.net/confluence/display/UDIG/Project+Quickstart -  
> or at least I haven't come across any problems yet ;-)

If you have the time that would be great!
>
> Cheers,
> John
>
> Jesse Eichar wrote:
>
>> Hi seems we did get a nightly build out tonight.  You mind trying  
>> it out when you have a chance?
>>
>> Its at:
>> http://udig.refractions.net/nightly/uDig/20060508171240/
>>
>> Thanks
>> Jesse
>>
>> Jesse Eichar wrote:
>>
>>> Hey Brian,
>>>
>>> I've made the change to trunk but our build box is on holiday  
>>> because we have moved offices.  Hopefully it will be up  
>>> tomorrow.  When it is I will send an email out to let you know  
>>> the build to download and try out.
>>>
>>> Jesse
>>>
>>> Bryan Hall wrote:
>>>
>>>> So I've made some changes and the wizard seems to be working...  
>>>> Mind  you I
>>>> don't have an
>>>> oracle instance to test against so I can't be  sure what works.   
>>>> If you could
>>>> test it for
>>>> me I'd really appreciate it.
>>>>
>>>> Jesse
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'll check it out this weekend. Thanks!
>>>>
>>>>
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