Acronym for Structured Query Language. A syntax for retrieving and manipulating data from a relational database.

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using Arcgis silverlight viewer, how to autoload a layer of Lat/Long points stored in MS SQL 2008

I use Arcmap to register a layer into ArcGIS server whose source data is spatial points stored in MS SQL 2008. Everything works fine until a new entry is added into the database table, it doesn't ...
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How do I make vectorlayer with sql on PostGis via python code

I need to make a vectorLayer and fill with the SQL's results on PostGIS via python code. I'm working with python 2.7, QGIS 1.8 and PyQt 4.5 How do I it ? thanks
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ArcGIS - Help Using Oracle Function in Definition Query - No ArcSDE

I have set up a Query Layer pointing at an Oracle table with a SDO.Geometry column, and that is working and behaving fine. However, when I am attempting to set up a definition query that calls a ...
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How do I write a MYSQL spatial query to find all polygons (rectangle) that contain any points in a table?

Something like: SELECT * from polygons WHERE bounds CONTAINS(SELECT geom_point from points) Can someone help me out with the syntax? Bounds will always be a rectangular polygon and everything is in ...
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Looping on the Select_analysis tool

Im trying to perform a loop on the Select_Analysis tool in Arcgis. Code looks like this: inputfile = open("locality.txt", 'r') # locality.txt is a txt file of locality names loc_list = [] for line in ...
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What is the MS SQL Spatial syntax for counting points within polygons? [duplicate]

All, What I'm trying to do is this: Count points within polygons There are thousands of points and maybe 2 dozen polygons Get a list back of the 2 dozen polygons by name and the count of points ...
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How to select all points within a circle in PostGIS?

I have set of points in a PostGIS Table (Type Geometry). Now, I need to filter points that lie in a circle with a center (C) and radius (R)! I expect C to be of type Point or Coordinates.. R to be ...
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SQL Spatial: MakeValid() splits a polygon into 3 separate polygons

I am trying to import one of the EPSG (http://www.epsg-registry.org/) area polygons (the polygon with area code 1999) into SQL Spatial. The polygon is in GML format and covers the southern hemisphere ...
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Html search box input with SQL

How can I go about adding a html search bar that the user can use to search an attribute field for a polygon layer, and then tie that input into the SQL statement. So far I am able to hard code the ...
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How to convert Geometry type column to degree Minutes Second in SQL Server 2008 R2

I have shape column of type geometry and I want to convert X and Y coordinates into Degree Minutes Second format using SQL query and i am using sql server 2008 R2. Currently I got Lat and long using ...
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Trouble formatting SQL expression for where clause in “Search layer by attribute” arcpy function

I am trying to pass a variable into a where clause in the "Search Layer by Attribute" arcpy function. I cannot seem to figure out the correct format for the SQL expression so that the function reads ...
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Merge lines with the same 'name' attribute on QGIS?

I have a shapefile with a few thousand lines, each is a street segment. I'd like to merge all features with the same 'streetName' attribute into a single attribute. I only really care about the name ...
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Change polygon “handedness” for SQL 2008

I have a few hundred shapes (polygons and multipolygons) each consisting of tens of thousands of points that I am trying to get into SQL 2008. Unfortunately, the shapes I have tried to import are ...
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Linked point geometries to linestrings in Spatialite

I have been parsing Canada's radio system frequency open data. It's a single large table per province, containing point geometries for each station callsign. Where a point-to-point link is defined, ...
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Execute SQL in File Geodatabase

Is there a way to execute SQL queries on file geodatabase from Python? I'm looking for the same functionality provided by arcpy.ArcSDESQLExecute for SDE databases. Thanks,
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Building SQL statement in javascript and casting variables as strings

I'm working with Postgres 8.3/PostGIS which is storing some polygons. I'm writing a javascript function which will take in a parameter of a watershed id from another function. The javascript will ...
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oracle search against intersect of a region that covers the whole world doesnt find any records

I am new to Oracle Spatial, I am trying to implement a service that will take coordinates from a map, and search our database to find any geometries that intersect with that map view. I works fine for ...
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SQL Query Remove Multiple Attributes

I'd like to query a street layer by the ownership of the street (State County etc). I know I can do "Road_Auth" <> 'IL' or "Road_Auth" <> 'Kane' and so on. This question Select by ...
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How to add column to versioned ArcSDE 9.3.1 feature class using scripts only?

how to add a column to a versioned arcsde feature class in enterprise geodatabase 9.3.1, using scripts only. I want to give our dba a script to run on production that will add the column. It doesn't ...
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Select by Attributes - If string has a letter

I'm running ArcMap 10.1. I'm using a File Geodatabase. I have a string coordinate field that I want to clean and some records have letters in it (mostly 'N' or 'E' or 'n' or 'e' e.g. '6213210N' or ...
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IQueryFilter where Clause quering two feature class at a time

I need to query two feature class at the same time using IQueryFIlter. For eg - FeatureClass -- A has field OBJECTID FeatureClass -- B has field OBJECTID what i am tring to do is -- IQueryFilter ...
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how to add a raw input to a SQL string?

I have this py script for selecting one point. # Within selected features, select only those points of a chosen value arcpy.SelectLayerByAttribute_management("Stations", "NEW_SELECTION", ' "OID" = ...
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Find the majority area within another area

I have a survey grid overlaid unto several administrative areas. Both are polygon features and I have performed a union on both features in order to determine the areal contribution of the segments ...
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IQueryDescription SQL Query Returning Limited Records

I created a SQL query that is working in SQL Management Studio, but as soon as I transfer the query into ArcMap's IQueryDescription to try and run it with a User Form, the results that I'm getting ...
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How to connect Dotspatial with PostGIS/PosgresSQL database and perform SQL function

I am currently doing a project that needs a GIS front-end interface to visualize geographical objects (road networks), and a back-end geo-spatial database to implement network analysis (SQL based). ...
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pgrouting shortest_path return longest_path

I've got troubles with shortest path function from pgrouting. I try to calculate the shortest path between an address and a bus stop. I first found the nearest road points for the address and the bus ...
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How do I use the SearchCursor where_clause to get a max value from a column?

This is my first time asking a question on StackExchange. I hope I phrase my question and describe my attempts to understand my problem well enough! While working with SearchCursor, I'm trying to ...
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Why isn't my select by attributes query working?

I'm running ArcMap 10.1. I have a point feature class joined to a table and am trying to query a field. If I do [field] = 'TEST', it selects all the fields. But if I do [field] LIKE 'TES%', it ...
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Trigger a python script to run after a row is added to the feature class

I have a Python script which runs on a SDE feature class daily (as a scheduled task). I would actually like this script to run whenever a new row is added to the feature class (data is captured in the ...
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Why is Spatialite showing dates in MM-DD-YYYY format?

I have a table with a dates column that is formatted in MM-DD-YYYY format, as shown in SQL SELECT statements. I'm using Qspatilite (QGIS 1.8) and Spatialite GUI. When I ORDER BY the date column it ...
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query syntax to select every multiple of nn record (shapefile) [duplicate]

I have data like multiples of 40. 40 80 120 160 200 and so on. I would like to label every record that is a multiple of 100. I have tried a couple of methods and cant get them to work either as a ...
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Qgis: Select multiple layers in sql-Filter [closed]

I have a Shape-File with lines of streets. Now I want qgis only to show the categories: Type: primary and Type: secondary and Type: motorway. How do I do this? This doesn't work: "type" = 'primary' ...
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How to trace SQL queries sent by ArcGIS Server (ArcSDE) to Oracle database?

I'd like to generate a log file containing all SQL queries sent by ArcGIS Server (ArcSDE) to Oracle database. Is there a way to do so? I'm using Oracle 11g and ArcGIS Server 10.0 on Windows. ArcSDE is ...
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PostgreSQL, find points near points

I'm going to have a database with a 'people' table and a 'shops' table. I'd like to find all people within 500m of a shop, and details from both tables. I'm used to working with mySQL, but I'm ...
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What are the benefits of using ArcGIS with Postgresql over simply ArcSDE?

I understand that in order to benefit from ArcGIS spatial datatypes (ST_GEOMETRY, versioned geodatabases etc.) ArcSDE needs to be installed - and with the 10.1 client it is automatically installed ...
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How to get polygons from PostGIS table to PHP array best?

Currently I fetch polygons from a database table using ST_AsText(). The results are in text format, like the following. POLYGON((84 104,212 48,321 122,243 179,275 238,131 240,84 104)) I am not ...
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Geoserver WMST Date Format

There is table in SLQ-Server 2008 R2. In this table i have date column with date format like this 2006-09-08 14:39:41.000. Now i make View from this table on Geoserver side but do nothing wiht date ...
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Cannot insert simple geometry data

I installed PostgreSQL 9.2.4 and PostGIS 2.0.3 on my Windows 8 machine. Then I created a table using phpPgAdmin and added a geometry column using the following statement. SELECT ...
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GDAL SQL syntax to add field an put values

I try to make a new field in my attribute table and put in values from another field after converting from character to integer but can't get the right syntax. I run this as shell-script in MSYS. cd ...
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arcpy: can I use SelectLayerByAttribute to compare fields from joined tables?

I can't figure out the syntax to select table records where one field's value exceeds that of another. The fields are from a pair of table views connected w/AddJoin(). One view is of a fgdb table and ...
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help to code a spatial query that returns the results from a database

I have asked this question on stack overflow, what i need help with is to retrieve the database entries that fit within a polygon, drawn with the Google maps api. The map is showing the correct ...
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Trying to use an integer in a WHERE clause

I'm trying to use an integer value in a WHERE clause (looking at an integer field). expression = "'SERVICE' = 'Service' " expression = expression + 'AND ' expression = expression + "'GPS_TIME_TOTAL' ...
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Select by attribute expression invalid in python

I'm not sure how my expression is failing. Any ideas? inPoints = "points.shp" i = 0 arcpy.MakeFeatureLayer_management(inPoints, "pts") arcpy.SelectLayerByAttribute_management("pts", "NEW_SELECTION", ...
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Raster as Attribute Field Error

I'm using Arc 10.1. I am creating a parcel inventory where I would like to have a photo of the property attached as an attribute and view-able with an HTML popup. I have a polygon feature class built ...
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What formula does SQL Server 2008 use in STDistance?

I am analyzing the accuracy of the STDistance function for geographical objects in SQL Server 2008, in order to understand its behaviour better I need to find the underlying formula. Does anyone ...
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How to Export to PDF after zooming to extent of each feature that meets SQL where clause?

I realize that I've asked two similar questions recently, but following suggestions in the comment chain, I'll make this a separate question (separate as it is not the no output problem in ArcPy: ...
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Why does this SQL syntax produce empty feature class with ArcGIS Select_analysis?

I'm working on a script that involves an arcpy.select_analysis function. The problem I have is that when I run the script it produces an empty file. I've verified that the whole thing works when in ...
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ArcGIS 10: How to populate SQL options for parameter in tool

I'm trying to create a tool where individuals can select a variety of records using a SQL expression that is then passed to a calculation. I can add a parameter under the tool, and select SQL ...
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Plotting large numbers of objects on a chart using R and WKT format

I am retrieving thousands of geometry lines in WKT format from a Microsoft SQL Server database. I would like to plot all of those lines in one map, but I am having some difficulty with the code. How ...
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PostGIS Better ST_Intersects Query

I am currently using the following queries to return all features that intersect a large and complex polygon. I initially tried to use a single ST_Intersect query but because the number of features it ...

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