On 4/3/06, venu gopal <gopalonline2@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Dear List, > I have created a database called dhis13 and created a login role with > user name venu and pwd gis now i have created an sql file using shp2pgsql > command it worked successfully when i m importing the same to the dhis13 > database i was giving with the following error all the database and > loginroles is created at pgadminIII (not at command prompt) > When i try to import i was getting the following error > > C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.1\bin>psql -U venu -d dhis13 -f > e:\venu\postgischi > ttoorshp.sql > Password for user venu: > BEGIN > psql:e:/venu/postgischittoorshp.sql:2: NOTICE: CREATE > TABLE will create implici > t sequence "chittoor_ver0_gid_seq" for serial column "chittoor_ver0.gid" > psql:e:/venu/postgischittoorshp.sql:2: NOTICE: CREATE > TABLE / PRIMARY KEY will > create implicit index "chittoor_ver0_pkey" for table "chittoor_ver0" > CREATE TABLE > psql:e:/venu/postgischittoorshp.sql:3: ERROR: function > addgeometrycolumn("unkno > wn", "unknown", "unknown", "unknown", "unknown", integer) does not exist > HINT: No function matches the given name and argument types. You may need > to add explicit type casts. You're missing a function called "addgeometrycolumn". It's not a native postgres function (as far as I'm aware) - you'll have to find where it comes from and import it. -- Postgresql & php tutorials http://www.designmagick.com/