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<term>AddGeometryColumn(varchar, varchar, varchar, integer, varchar, integer)</term>
<listitem>
- <para>Syntax: AddGeometryColumn(<db_name>,
+ <para>Syntax: AddGeometryColumn(<schema_name>,
<table_name>, <column_name>, <srid>, <type>,
<dimension>). Adds a geometry column to an existing table of attributes.
- The <varname>dbname</varname> is the name of the database instance.
+ The <varname>schema_name</varname> is the name of the table schema (unused for pre-schema PostgreSQL installations).
The <varname>srid</varname> must be an integer value reference to an
entry in the SPATIAL_REF_SYS table. The <varname>type</varname> must
be an uppercase string corresponding to the geometry type, eg, 'POLYGON'
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<term>DropGeometryColumn(varchar, varchar, varchar)</term>
<listitem>
- <para>Syntax: DropGeometryColumn(<db_name>, <table_name>,
- <column_name>). Remove a geometry column from a spatial table.
+ <para>Syntax: DropGeometryColumn(<schema_name>, <table_name>,
+ <column_name>). Remove a geometry column from a spatial table. Note that <var>schema_name</var> will need to match the f_schema_name field of the table's row in the geometry_columns table.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>