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clowncutie
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Hi, I have this workspace and databse connection, worked nicely to write to a table.

This is geometry column for another table in PGAdmin

 

My workspace using the PostGreSQL writer:

 

But for some reason, even if I add column geom manually in pg admin after, it refuses to write. What could I be doing wrong? The column jsut never appears, maybe it is a pgadmin question not FME question how I store the geodata, not as X,Y points but as readable geometry like this:

 

 

Best answer by nielsgerrits

What happens if you create the table using the PostGIS writer instead?

No expert but I think if you create the table using the PostgreSQL writer it is missing the spatial extension.

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nielsgerrits
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Are you using the postgres writer or the postgis writer?


clowncutie
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  • March 7, 2025

PostGRESQL writer


nielsgerrits
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What happens if you create the table using the PostGIS writer instead?

No expert but I think if you create the table using the PostgreSQL writer it is missing the spatial extension.


clowncutie
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  • March 31, 2025

I am stupid, I removed GEOM and used PostGIS writer instead to the database and that worked, usin geom as geometery column


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Most of what I know is because I tried and failed :)


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