[udig-devel] Create feature in postgis

[Jody Garnett]

Jesse Eichar wrote:
> There is a somewhat hidden way of creating a layer directly in 
> postGIS.  However I believe there is a bug that hasn't been fixed.  If 
> the FeatureType has a String attribute it tries to make a field that 
> has a limit of Integer.MAX_VALUE.  Which postgis doesn't like.  But 
> you can play with this functionality:
>
> 1. Import your Postgis into the catalog
> 2. Select the Postgis service (not GeoResource) in the catalog
> 3. Right click Select Operations>Create Feature Type
>
> Voila a new feature type is created.  Add it to a map and start editing.
The other trick would be to copy and paste the content over from the 
shapefile; something covered in walkthough 2 if I remember correctly? 
Your request to create and populate a postgis table in one go is a good 
one; it is not the kind of thing I would like to do as a drag and drop 
operation; any suggestions for how to make this available in the user 
interface? Perhaps an export wizard...
Jody