Hi Andrea,

I've got the DataStore.createSchema() code working now. It was much easier
than I expected!

I'll report any bugs I discover. So far it's working well with my test
shapefiles.

Andy

2007/10/9, Andrea Aime <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> andyuk ha scritto:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Is it currently possible to create a PostGIS table based on shapefile
> > and then copy the features to the table?
> > I know the shp2pgsql tool will do this, but it's not really suitable for
> > use in web applications. I can already copy the features, but creating
> > the table is the tricky bit.
> >
> > I've found quite a few emails on this list with people trying to do the
> > same thing. I don't want to code all of this if it has already been done
> > before. Can anyone offer any code or suggestions?
>
> Well, with geotools you can use the shapefile datastore to read the
> shapefile, and the postgis datastore to both create the table and
> copy the contents.
>
> The tricky part is that DataStore.createSchema() is not that well
> tested, so you may stumble upon bugs (such as certain data types not
> being supported or buggy). Patches for these cases graciously accepted :)
>
> Cheers
> Andrea
>
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