[udig-devel] PostGIS connection problems

[David Garbin]

Nothing happened when I tried Reset.  The layers were still there, but  
not renderable.  It's interesting that table-view shows the data, but  
map view does not show the geometry.  Good hunting.

On Feb 3, 2008, at 7:28 AM, Dave S-B wrote:

> This seems to be the same behaviour as I am finding with users  
> deleting catalog services (e.g. MapGraphic/custom services) - see  
> the "Protecting Catalog Services". I tried this with a PostGIS  
> service too - the same thing happens. The missing service is  
> recreated correctly when you open a project/map containing relevant  
> layers, but the layers which previously used this service just can't  
> seem to reference the recreated service correctly. With MapGraphic,  
> the resource ID of the layer actually gets changed at some point (so  
> it's always going to be pointing to the wrong place). With PostGIS  
> layers, the resource ID stays the same, but it still can't reference  
> the service/resource correctly. I tried looking in the .umap file  
> for clues, but the catalogRef was huge and full of too many codes  
> for my brain! The iD was correct though.
>
> I will try and look into this some more on Monday to find the root  
> of the problem.
>
> Jody Garnett wrote:
>> Still I am happy to find a user to test this scenario. We have a  
>> related concern with moved shapefiles; a Map really should be able  
>> to kick a catalog entry into life as needed.
>> Can you give me any details about what happened when you tried  
>> Reset? Did anything happen at all?
>>
>> Jody
>>
>> David Garbin wrote:
>>> Unfortunately, that did not work.  For now, I'll have to make sure  
>>> the service is running before I launch uDig.  OK for development,  
>>> not for production.
>>>
>>> On Feb 2, 2008, at 4:12 PM, Jody Garnett wrote:
>>>
>>>> Can you try right clicking and selecting "reset" on the service  
>>>> please? The uDig catalog has remembered what layers were  
>>>> available from the previous run. We will look into making the  
>>>> catalog a bit smarter for the next round of development.
>>>>
>>>> Please let me know if Reset works for you.
>>>> Jody
>>>>> I am experiencing weird behavior with PostGIS layers using RC13  
>>>>> on OSX.  I have a project with several layers; if a launch uDig  
>>>>> and the PostGIS server is not running, the layers do not display  
>>>>> (this is expected).  However, if I restart the server, they  
>>>>> still do not display.  Even when I relaunch uDIG, the same thing  
>>>>> happens.  All the layers are dead forever and I need to delete  
>>>>> and re-add them all.  This is hardly robust behavior.  I  
>>>>> eventually want uDig to be part of an operational open-source  
>>>>> system for my company.  Help!
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