Questions tagged [database]
One or more structured sets of persistent data, managed and stored as a unit and generally associated with software to update and query the data.
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Error 6 when importing data from QGIS to PostGIS database ERROR: value too long for type character varying(10)
I collected data with Qfield to move into a PostGIS database but have been getting this error for some of the features. I have checked the attribute tables and the length of character looks fine to me....
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Where to see Feature Datasets in SQL Developer
Background: I am a non-GIS programmer, I do however directly work with numerous GIS products and data. Generally I primarily interact with the GIS data directly via the database (Oracle) through SQL ...
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Extract data from a WMS with database [closed]
In my project, I have a connection to a WMS layer (https://geodienste.hamburg.de/HH_WMS_Cache_PLIS_Geodaten).
The layer seems to be connected to a database. With the "get feature info (i)" ...
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Using Osmosis library to query data from a PBF file
I know that it's possible to read (crosby.binary.osmosis.OsmosisReader) and write (crosby.binary.osmosis.OsmosisSerializer) a PBF file using the Osmosis library.
My question is if it's possible using ...
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AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'type' when importing file into Geopackage using DB Manager
Using QGIS 3.16
I have several Geopackages already, which I would like to import a file into and make a new layer.
I'm using the DB Manager > Table > Import Layer/File menu item. QGIS throws a ...
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SQLite/SpatiaLite error: no such function: ImportGeoJSON
I'm inside a bash script trying to import a GeoJSON file into a SQLite DB.
I tried both ...
SPATIALITE_SECURITY=relaxed sqlite3 'db.sqlite' "SELECT load_extension('mod_spatialite')" "...
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Transferring/inheriting GIS database structure in PostGIS from old project to new one
I have been given an existing GIS database design for a solar power project, with its structure, relationships, geometry etc designed from another project and existing in PostGIS database. I am ...
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Geometry data type Binary storage description
I'm looking for some low level information or reading or reference material which explains how most GIS databases store the geometry data type in binary form, because - I never really investigated it ...
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Execute Function After Saving PostgreSQL Layer - QGIS
I have a QGIS project with many PostgreSQL layers. One of these layers is the result of processing some other layers. So each time any of the other layers are modified in any way that layer should be ...
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Managing shared database where points are created based on column
We keep an Excel file with important attributes that has lat/longs attached to them. This Excel file is editable by a small team who adhere to the schema.
I want to convert this Excel file to a simple ...
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Connect to Oracle SQL DB using JDBC connection
My IP address changes frequently and hence I use ssh tunnel via bastion host to connect to Oracle SQL DB. I used JDBC to connect to the Oracle SQL and it works successfully. However, I want to connect ...
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OpenLayers - Essential polygon data to save in a database
I have a project where I need to save polygons to a database. I found that you can get the coordinates array from a feature using: feature.getGeometry().getCoordinates(). This returns an array of all ...
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QGIS: RiverGIS: Couldn't connect to river database
Trying to connect to the PostGIS DB for RiverGIS fails with
Couldn't connect to river database: var@localhost
Please, check you database connection settings!
This happens despite the DB being ...
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Working with large datasets with no server [closed]
I am in a bit of a weird work environment. I'm a data-scientist type person who is now doing more and more GIS work on some very large datasets - spatial regression, some mapping, spatial correlation, ...
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How to fix an error while registering PostgreSQL database to ArcGIS Enterprise Server [closed]
Software in use is:
ArcMap 10.8.1
ArcGIS Server (Enterprise) 10.8
PostgreSQL 13 + PostGIS 3.1
Windows 10 64bit
I followed a guide to register a PostgreSQL database (PostGIS) to ArcGIS Server. When I ...
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Update a layer from QGIS DB manager
I have a layer that I want to upgrade using SQL sentences with QGIS DB manager. I want to do a simple join with another table, both are in a geopackage.
My question is: Can I update the point layer ...
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PostgreSQL cannot work when opens SSL on Windows 10 [closed]
I am not sure this topic will fit here but I don't know ask it where.
I am trying to open the SSL of PostgreSQL 10.16 on Windows10.
I read a lot of documents about creating an SSL certificate to ...
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QGIS 3 SQL dialect - is UNION ALL allowed?
I have a very large SQL query consisting of two similar but different blocks, connected by a UNION ALL:
select OBJECTID, PROJECT_NAME, BIOGEOCLIMATIC_LBL, SITE_SERIES_MAP_CDE_LBL_CPNT_1, GEOMETRY as ...
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Reasons to NOT make my database into a PostGIS database? [closed]
So our team currently has two databases in two "independent" parts of the process. It's organizationally independent but for the actual work we do they depend on one another's output.
I ...
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Handling a database with more coordinate points than I need to be returned
I have a database with millions of coordinate points and I need to select a subset of them to create a heat map based on a bounding box. There are so many points that it's hurting performance on my ...
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PostgreSQL export geometry to .sql file [closed]
I don't know how to export the geometry of tables in a .sql format from PostgreSQL database. How can I do this?
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QGIS: Using OSgeo4W shell to login to and create a new PostGIS database
I'm trying to create a new database through the OSgeo4W shell, as opposed to loading QGIS and hitting the 'Manage DB' menu to make one an pipe in SQL scripts. I haven't seen any documentation on this ...
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QGIS access Oracle non-spatial database tables
I stumbled accross this when I tried to connect to a "normal" Oracle 11g instance (no Oracle Spatial) in order to join Oracle tables to spatial data in other formats. Note that this is not ...
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Saving Metadata to DB (QGIS 3.4 or higher)
Is it possible to save metadata of a QGIS 3 layer in a database (PostGIS), similar to the function in QGIS 2.18 "save layer style to database".
I don't want to save it in the project or as a ...
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ArcGIS Enterprise Registered Database Changed - Update Source Without Republishing All Layers?
I have around 50 feature and map layers published in ArcGIS Enterprise (the same would apply for ArcGIS Online) that reference registered PostGIS database. The database will be migrated (same names, ...
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Add tables from access database to QGIS
There are some similar question here, but nothing worked for me. So I have a database that has the ending .mdb which to my knowledge is some kind of Microsoft access database. But I also tried it with ...
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Connecting to Azure PostgreSQL using domain user account through QGIS
We are using QGIS over the top of an Azure PostgreSQL database. We have it working using SQL user / password combination but security policy dictates this should be a domain user authenticated ...
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Extending OSM database with new data
I want to add a new table inside my OSM database with extra data for every restaurant, and then when retrieving the places join the table by the "osm_id", is this possible and if yes, any ...
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What is the proper convention for storing rasters in PostgreSQL database?
Just starting to implement PostgreSQL at work and want to make sure I'm building something that will be efficient down the road. Let's say I have a raster of surface temperature for every hour of ...
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Can I store raster data in a spatialite database (in QGIS)?
This might be a super simple question, but I'm a little confused. I don't know what the best way is to share qgis-projects that have raster-data, vector-data and some applied styling. I figured a ...
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Access SpatiaLite connections with PyQGIS QgsProviderMetadata (QGIS 3.10.7 LTR)
I would like to list spatialite connections and access a specific connectionwith PyQGIS. For postgres provider it's pretty straightforward:
>>> QgsProviderRegistry.instance().providerMetadata(...
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How to save each band in a new row with it's name, in PostGIS?
I have used PostGIS's raster2pgsql to import my multi-band raster data into my PostGIS database. Here is the code that can do this operation:
raster2pgsql -I -C -e -Y -F /home/jj_user/input.tif ...
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Existing standard country codes explicit in time and space
There are several comprehensive systems for coding countries such as ISO, TLD, M49. I am looking for a system that is explicit about the time period that the code refers to.
My application is a ...
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QGIS MySQL points import
I have a column in my MySQL database table that contains location information (GeoJSON).
I want to import this data and see the points on my QGIS project map but it doesn't seem to work.
What I was ...
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Do I need a database for generating WFS-T with QGIS-Server?
I have hard difficulties in understanding: I have a QGIS-Project (in QGIS) and I want to create a WFS-T by using QGIS-Server (and the QGIS-Server I have is connected with e.g. Windows-Server).
Is the ...
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PostgreSQL database designer that supports PostGIS geometry data types
Does anyone know if there are PostgreSQL database modeling software or apps that support PostGIS geometry data types? I know pgModeler is supposed to but I have been unable to get this installed.
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psql changing comma to decimal for importing CSV file
I try to import a CSV file into a PostgreSQL database that runs on a remote server.
I use psql via SSH.
AIS_DB=# CREATE TABLE bet_srk_2008 (
AIS_DB(# Unique_VesselTraject numeric,
AIS_DB(# ...
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Connect a Python script to a database
I need to run a script tool from ArcCatalog. It needs to access a feature class in an ArcSDE database so I can link the script to the layer as a source layer. I have connected the folder the script's ...
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Many to many relationship in a QGIS Geopackage - fail
The current user manual has been unsuccessful in directing me to establish a many to many db relationship in a geopackage in QGIS (3.10.2 on Ubuntu w gdal 2x).
After the airlines in the manual ...
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Spatial similarity between polygons
I am using PostGIS and python3. I have a table with polygons objects, the polygons have year as an attribute. I need to identify the uniqueness of the polygons trough time. For instance I need to ...
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Tenant isolation in SaaS product based on PostGIS - do the same concepts as PostgreSQL apply?
We're working on two different GIS apps and we're a bit torn around how to provide a level of tenant data isolation on our GIS systems.
System A would need to have strong tenant data isolation where ...
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Database Population in wrong Authentication Type
I've populated a database while connected to it as an editor with an Operating System Authentication Type. I should have populated it while connected to the Database as the GIS administrator with a ...
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QGIS style to DB
I want to import the style from a MapInfo.tab file into a postgis db.
When I open the properties for the file and click on the botton style I only have the option save as QGIS QML style file or SLD ...
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How to find closest point on a line from a point in Oracle Spatial?
I want to find the nearest point on a line from a point in Oracle Spatial. I know how to do in SQL Server and PostgreSQL but could not find anything about Oracle.
I have used MDSYS.sdo_nn to find the ...
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Select characters using regular expression in QGIS
I'm trying to seperate characters from database to seperate fields. Database is like:
999-10-1-1
999-10-11-111
999-10-111-1111
999-10-22-1
999-10-1111-2221
and I want something like in seperate ...
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QGIS - Execute SQL Failure
I've written an SQL query which works in the query section of the QGIS DB Manager.
SELECT Max(S_order), SegmentID, S_Order, Length, Buff_Segme, Buff_Order, Buff_Lengt, Buff_Uniqu
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Practices with database in QGIS [closed]
I would like to store some specifics data (customer information, etc.) into my QGIS project. The aim is to be able to automaticly use these data later when I make some exports. Some of these data are ...
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postgisQueryBuilder in QGIS can't connect to PostgreSQL DB - QPSQL driver not loaded
PostgreSQL is installed properly and I can work with my DB very well. My databases show up as connected inside the QGIS browser window. I think the appropriate packages are installed:
# rpm -qa post* ...
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Windows QGIS PostGIS connection to Ubuntu PostgreSQL database
I have QGIS software in my Windows system and I want to make PostGIS connection to a database present in Ubuntu system, both are in same network(LAN). How can I do that?
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osm2pgsql: does table planet_osm_roads contain any non-duplicate data?
Although there is a osm wiki page that attempts to shed light on the different tables which are created within a postgres/postgis database there is something that is not quite made clear:
Is the data ...
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