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Wrestling with Ogr2Ogr again here. I have managed to use it to import a geojson file into a PostGis database, can query and manipulate the database layer. However, when I try and export the database table to a new file I get the message: "Unable to open datasource 'myexport.geojson' with the following drivers"

GeoJson is in the list of drivers, and the layer is in PostGis.

.\ogr2ogr -f "GeoJSON" "PG:host=**** port=**** dbname=**** user=**** password=****" "C:\Temp\output.geojson"

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    You should only ask one question. /u/bugmenot123 answered your initial question, you should accept it as correct and ask another question. Mar 27, 2018 at 13:27
  • I've rolled back the question to the state in which it was answered. Once a question has been answered, if you have another question, then ask a new question for it. If the original provides any useful background then you can always include a link to it.
    – PolyGeo
    Mar 28, 2018 at 8:25

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ogr2ogr expects the destination datasource before the source in the invocation:

Usage: ogr2ogr (...)
               dst_datasource_name src_datasource_name

Your line is in the wrong order.

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  • Thanks that fixed it. Now I'm running into problems getting just a specific table set of data. Will add update. Mar 27, 2018 at 11:55
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    That is a different problem, please open a new question for that. Mar 27, 2018 at 13:48
  • What's wrong with "select * from with_id"? Is the table listed if you run ogrinfo "PG:host=**** port=**** dbname=**** user=**** password=****" ?
    – user30184
    Mar 27, 2018 at 19:31

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