Hi John, Aside from the size issue (i.e. multiple datasets being merged into a central repository) this is the favoured and most stable option.
Cheers Simon Simon Cropper Principal Consultant Botanicus Australia Pty Ltd PO Box 160, Sunshine, VIC W: www.botanicusaustralia.com.au On 02/02/11 13:03, John Fabiani wrote: > On Tuesday, February 01, 2011 04:46:02 pm Simon Cropper wrote: >> Essentially Shapefiles store all their attribute data in Dbase III >> format. External packages can readily access these files IF they don't >> change the file structure, field names or change the code page. I can >> access these files via VFP, at a pinch, if I want to manipulate the data >> in a way the GIS package does not allow. > > Simon just use the tools in PostGIS to deal with the ESRI shapefiles. There > are both read and write tools. If you need to change anything just read the > file in and change it via SQL - then write it back. All of this can be done > with Dabo's interface to Postgres. > > Check out the link: > http://www.postgis.org/docs/ch04.html#shp2pgsql_usage > > The entire page should help you use Dabo and Postgres to get the job done. > > > > Johnf > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: Dabo-users@leafe.com > Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-users > Searchable Archives: http://leafe.com/archives/search/dabo-users > This message: > http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/201102011803.32401.jo...@jfcomputer.com > > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: Dabo-users@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-users Searchable Archives: http://leafe.com/archives/search/dabo-users This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/4d48c2d3.5090...@botanicusaustralia.com.au
