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<alvaro.plata.marti...@knmi.nl> writes:
> Using postgreSQL 8.4 and Postgis 1.4 in an Ubuntu 10.04 Server, when 
> trying to create a table:
> CREATE TABLE observation (
> (...)
> spatial_value geometry,
> );

> I get this error message:
> ERROR: type "geometry" does not exist

It looks like you didn't actually install PostGIS into the database.
Just putting the library on your machine isn't enough: you have to run
a SQL script to declare all the functions in each database you want to
use PostGIS in.

                        regards, tom lane

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