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<P>hi, I see, I was confusing the data types. But, How I make to install PostGIS in Win2000 Pro?</P>
<P>I was reading the aid to install PostGIS and it says that I must install CygWin, when installing it and to run ./configure, say: </P>
<P>"no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH"<BR></P>
<P>help please...<BR></P></DIV>
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<DIV></DIV>From: <I>Michael Fuhr <mike(at)fuhr(dot)org></I><BR>To: <I>Omar Zevallos <omzeta(at)hotmail(dot)com></I><BR>CC: <I>pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org</I><BR>Subject: <I>Re: [NOVICE] PostgreSQL 8.1</I><BR>Date: <I>Thu, 5 Jan 2006 20:52:33 -0700</I><BR>>[Please post in plain text, not HTML.]<BR>><BR>>On Fri, Jan 06, 2006 at 02:12:51AM +0000, Omar Zevallos wrote:<BR>> > Hi, I have installed PostgreSQL 8.1 for windows, this version comes<BR>> > with PostGIS? becouse I have an application that uses a postgreSQL<BR>> > database and when I execute it, it raises an exception:<BR>> ><BR>> > "function postgis_version() does not exist"<BR>><BR>>Standard PostgreSQL installations don't come with PostGIS, although<BR>>somebody might have created a package that bundles them together.<BR>>Where
did you get PostgreSQL?<BR>><BR>> > I supposed that the installers of this version of PostgreSQL came<BR>> > already with PostGIS because I get insert geographic data a table that<BR>> > I created.<BR>><BR>>What exactly are you doing? PostgreSQL has its own geometric types<BR>>that are different than the PostGIS types -- are you sure you're<BR>>not confusing them?<BR>><BR>>--<BR>>Michael Fuhr<BR>><BR>>---------------------------(end of broadcast)---------------------------<BR>>TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives?<BR>><BR>> http://archives.postgresql.org<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></div></html>