pgagent(1) General Commands Manual pgagent(1)NAME
pgAgent - a job scheduler for PostgreSQL.
SYNOPSIS
pgagent [-f | -t seconds | -r seconds | -l number] {<connect string>}
DESCRIPTION
Introduced in pgAdmin III v1.4, pgAgent is a job scheduling agent for PostgreSQL, capable of running multi-step batch/shell and SQL tasks
on complex schedules.
Full documentation of pgAgent is available in pgAdmin III's online help. Launch pgAdmin III (simply type pgadmin3 at command prompt) and
select "Help..." from the "Help" menu. Browse through the pgAdmin III documentation until you find "pgAgent". Both database setup and sys-
tem part of the installation are detailed. You will also find instructions to create jobs and schedules.
OPTIONS -f run in the foreground (do not detach from the terminal)
-t seconds
poll time interval in seconds (default 10)
-r seconds
retry period after connection abort in seconds (>=10, default 30)
-l verbosity
logging verbosity (ERROR=0, WARNING=1, DEBUG=2, default 0)
<connect string>
The connect string required is a standard PostgreSQL libpq connection string (see the PostgreSQL documentation for further details).
For example, the following command line will run pgAgent against a server listening on the localhost, using a database called 'pgad-
min', connecting as the user 'postgres': /usr/bin/pgagent hostaddr=127.0.0.1 dbname=pgadmin user=postgres
SEE ALSO pgadmin3(1)AUTHORS
The content of this manual page was mostly ripped from documentation written by the pgAdmin development team. It was built by Raphael
Enrici <blacknoz@club-internet.fr> for the Debian project (but may be used by others).
December 26, 2005 pgagent(1)
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grass-pg(1grass) Grass User's Manual grass-pg(1grass)NAME
grass-pg - PostgreSQL driver
PostgreSQL driver PostgreSQL driver in GRASS The driver name is 'pg'.
Creating a PostgreSQL database
A new database is created with 'createdb', see the PostgreSQL manual for details.
Connecting GRASS to PostgreSQL
# example for connecting to a PostgreSQL server:
db.connect driver=pg database="host=myserver.osgeo.org,dbname=mydb"
# password is asked interactively if not specified:
db.login user=myname [pass=secret]
db.connect -p
db.tables -p
Supported SQL commands
All SQL commands supported by PostgreSQL. It's not possible to use C-like escapes (with backslash like
etc) within SQL syntax.
Operators available in conditions
All SQL operators supported by PostgreSQL.
Adding an unique ID column
Import vector module require an unique ID column which can be generated as follows in a PostgreSQL table:
echo "
ALTER TABLE mytable ADD ID integer;
CREATE SEQUENCE mytable_seq;
UPDATE mytabe SET ID = nextval('mytable_seq');
DROP SEQUENCE mytable_seq;
" | db.execute
Attribute Converters
CSV import into PostgreSQL:
h copy
COPY t1 FROM 'filename' USING DELIMITERS ',';
pg2xbase: DBF to PostgreSQL converter.
Geometry import from PostgreSQL table
v.in.db creates a new vector (points) map from a database table containing coordinates. See here for examples.
PostGIS: PostgreSQL with vector geometry
PostGIS: adds geographic object support to PostgreSQL.
Example: Import from PostGIS
In an existing PostGIS database, create the following table:
CREATE TABLE test
(
id serial NOT NULL,
mytime timestamp DEFAULT now(),
text varchar,
wkb_geometry geometry,
CONSTRAINT test_pkey PRIMARY KEY (id)
) WITHOUT OIDS;
# insert value
INSERT INTO test (text, wkb_geometry)
VALUES ('Name',geometryFromText('POLYGON((600000 200000,650000
200000,650000 250000,600000 250000,600000 200000))',-1));
# register geometry column
select AddGeometryColumn ('postgis', 'test', 'geometry', -1, 'GEOMETRY', 2);
GRASS can import this PostGIS polygon map as follows:
v.in.ogr dsn="PG:host=localhost dbname=postgis user=neteler" layer=test
output=test type=boundary,centroid
v.db.select test
v.info -t test
Geometry Converters
PostGIS with shp2pgsql:
shp2pgsql -D lakespy2 lakespy2 test > lakespy2.sql
e00pg: E00 to PostGIS filter, see also v.in.e00.
GDAL/OGR ogrinfo and ogr2ogr: GIS vector format converter and library, e.g. ArcInfo or SHAPE to PostGIS.
ogr2ogr -f "PostgreSQL" shapefile ??
SEE ALSO
db.connect, db.execute,
Database management in GRASS GIS,
Help pages for database modules,
SQL support in GRASS GIS
PostgreSQL web site,
pgAdmin graphical user interface
Book: PostgreSQL: Introduction and Concepts by Bruce Momjian
PostgreSQL Documentation
PostgreSQL Technical Documentation
GDAL/OGR PostgreSQL driver documentation
MapServer Wiki
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