Re: [Geoserver-users] GeoServer REST and PostGIS - can't overwrite existing data, only append?

[Matt B. <mbe...@cg...>]

Sorry, it was due to a typo on my part.  As long as I include 
"update=overwrite" it works correctly.

It seems as though the original PostGIS table structure can't be changed 
though?  If I add or remove attribute fields from the shapefile, those 
changes are not reflected in the PostGIS data structure when I re-upload it.



On 4/15/11 2:40 PM, Justin Deoliveira wrote:
> Hi Matt,
>
> I am not able to reproduce this one.. I just tried a few tests and 
> update=overwrite behaves as it should. What client are you using? Just 
> curl?
>
> -Justin
>
> On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 12:03 PM, Matt Bertrand 
> <mbe...@cg... <mailto:mbe...@cg...>> wrote:
>
>     If I upload a shapefile using a REST URL to replace an existing
>     layer stored in PostGIS, the shapefile features are appended to
>     the PostGIS table, rather than replacing the current features. 
>     Adding "update=overwrite" does not seem to change this behavior:
>
>     http://localhost:8080/geoserver-geonode-dev/rest/workspaces/wmap/datastores/Copy1/file.shp?update=overwrite
>
>
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