hi Andreas, it seems to work here. Could it be that your OGR installation is not compiled with PG support? ogrinfo --formats tells you.
Markus Andreas Neumann-7 wrote: > > Hello, > > I am trying to use postgis datasets read-only using v.external. However, I > am having problems. Here is my command: > > v.external dsn="PG:host=localhost dbname=uster user=an password=mypw" > layer=natur.naturnahe_gaerten output=gaerten > > And here is my error message: > > Sorry, <dbname> is not a valid parameter > Sorry, <user> is not a valid parameter > Sorry, <password> is not a valid parameter > > I expected to run into problems with schemas, maybe, but not with the > login. What am I doing wrong in the dsn parameters? > > Thanks for any hints, > Andreas > > -- > Andreas Neumann > Böschacherstrasse 6, CH-8624 Grüt/Gossau, Switzerland > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Web: > * http://www.carto.net/ (Carto and SVG resources) > * http://www.carto.net/neumann/ (personal page) > * http://www.svgopen.org/ (SVG Open Conference) > * http://www.geofoto.ch/ (Georeferenced Photos of Switzerland) > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Problems-with-v.external-tf4944319.html#a14159258 Sent from the Grass - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ grass-user mailing list grass-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user