Spatial Databases with Point Database Conversions

The Point Database Conversion Job allows users to select Spatial Database Tables for output data.

In the Select Data dialog, select ODBC from the Type from the dropdown list:

Note: If you have partially loaded the input file, this dropdown list will be found in the Output Data area of the Point Database Conversion job.

Clicking Browse (...) will bring up the Select a Database Connection... dialog. The appearance of this dialog may change depending on the type of Spatial Database. For PostGIS spatial databases the dialog will look like this:

Clicking Test will run a process to attempt to connect to the specified Spatial Database. This is not a required step. Clicking OK will create the connection, and will bring up a Select Data... dialog listing the available tables in the specified Spatial Database.

Note: In order to save out converted Data, the output table (if it exists) will be completely overwritten with the newly converted data. By default, the Geographic Calculator disallows overwrite of an existing table. This setting can be configured on the Administrative Settings form. See Locking Spatial Databases for more information.