> The reason is that it doesn't seem that QGIS can work w TEMP tables. > TEMP tables are only visible to the session that created them, so not a huge surprise QGIS can't work with them. I use them mostly to store intermediary results before dumping to another table.
> From this, I want to create a layer; I use the following SQL: > > SELECT cluster_id AS cid1 , > ST_Collect(ST_MinimumBoundingCircle(ST_Collect(geom)), ST_Collect(geom)) > AS geom, COUNT(*) as ct FROM shapefiles.filling_station_clusters GROUP BY > 1; > > (for some reason, it rejected the SQL if a result was returned with column > name of cluster_id - possible reserved name?) > Strange. I should try that sometime. > This SQL variant does not return errors, but it isn't visible in my QGIS project > (it's an ongoing project with about twenty layers built with PostGIS). > > Any advice? > > Should I direct this inquiry to the QGIS list? > > Thank you, > > Max It might be because it returns a geometry collection. I recall QGIS not liking geometry collections. Also depending on how you are creating this -- is this a view or an inline SQL, you might need to force the type for it to show as a layer option. Try: SELECT cluster_id AS cid1 , ST_Collect(ST_MinimumBoundingCircle(ST_Collect(geom)), ST_Collect(geom))::geometry(GEOMETRYCOLLECTION,4326) AS geom , COUNT(*) as ct FROM shapefiles.filling_station_clusters GROUP BY 1; Or having as two separate layers: -- layer 1 SELECT cluster_id AS cid1 , ST_MinimumBoundingCircle(ST_Collect(geom)):geometry(POLYGON,4326) AS geom , COUNT(*) as ct FROM shapefiles.filling_station_clusters GROUP BY 1; -- layer 2 SELECT cluster_id AS cid1 , ST_Collect(geom):geometry(MULTIPOINT,4326) AS geom , COUNT(*) as ct FROM shapefiles.filling_station_clusters GROUP BY 1; Could also be a permission issue. If that doesn't help, then yes QGIS mailing list might have more useful answers. Hope this helps, Regina