[FWTools] Connecting to PostgreSQL with fwtools

[Frank Warmerdam]

Flavio Perri - QMap srl wrote:
> Hello Frank,
> thanks for your answer.
> 
> I tried looking at OGR documentation, and I found the method you wrote:
> 
> OGRDataSource * OGRSFDriverRegistrar::Open   (   const char *     
> pszName, int   bUpdate = FALSE, OGRSFDriver **   ppoDriver = NULL   ) .
> 
> I don't understand the first parameter: is it the NAME of a PSQL istance 
> or an handle? And, in this case, should I connect using the psql library?
> Please can you give me a simple example?

Flavio,

The pszName value is just the "PG:dbname=... ..." string you would pass on
the commandline to ogr2ogr.  You will want to pass bUpdate as TRUE and the
last argument can be left NULL since it isn't important for you to discover
what driver ended up being used.

Don't hesitate to skim the ogr2ogr source code for guidance.

Best regards,
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