ArcGIS Help 10.1 - Scripting the creation of the ST

You can add the ST_Geometry type, subtype, and functions to your PostgreSQL database using a Python script that calls the Create Spatial Type geoprocessing tool.

The Create Spatial Type tool does the following:

Creates an sde login role in the PostgreSQL database cluster
Grants the sde user superuser privileges (these can be revoked after the ST_Geometry type is created)
Creates a schema named sde in the database where you install the ST_Geometry type
Grants the sde user full authority on the sde schema
Grants USAGE privileges on the sde schema to the public login group (If you want, you can revoke this privilege, but you must grant USAGE on the sde schema to all users who need access to the ST_Geometry type, subtypes, or functions.)
Creates the necessary functions, domains, tables (sde_coordinate_systems and sde_geometry_columns), and views (st_geometry_columns and st_spatial_references) in the sde schema, and the sde_spatial_references table in the public schema

Before running the script, you must copy the st_geometry library to the PostgreSQL server.

The following steps explain how to install the ST_Geometry type in a PostgreSQL database using a Python script:

Steps:

Copy the st_geometry library from the DatabaseSupport directory in the ArcGIS client installation location and place it in the PostgreSQL lib directory.
- If PostgreSQL is installed on a Linux server, log in to the server as the root user and place the st_geometry.so file in the /usr/lib64/pgsql directory.
- If PostgreSQL is installed on a Windows server, place the st_geometry.dll file in the %PostgreSQL%\lib directory.

Copy this example script to the Python window in ArcGIS for Desktop, or to any Python IDE such as PythonWin or WING. Alter any variable values to match the information at your site.

"""
Name: create_spatial_type.py
Description: Provide connection information to an enterprise database
and create spatial type in the database.
Type create_spatial_type.py -h or create_spatial_type.py --help for usage
Author: Esri
"""

# Import system modules
import arcpy, os, optparse, sys


# Define usage and version
parser = optparse.OptionParser(usage = "usage: %prog [Options]", version="%prog 1.0 for 10.1 release")

#Define help and options
parser.add_option ("--DBMS", dest="Database_type", type="choice", choices=['ORACLE', 'POSTGRESQL', ''], default="", help="Type of enterprise DBMS: ORACLE, or POSTGRESQL.")
parser.add_option ("-i", dest="Instance", type="string", default="", help="DBMS instance name")
parser.add_option ("--auth", dest="account_authentication", type ="choice", choices=['DATABASE_AUTH', 'OPERATING_SYSTEM_AUTH'], default='DATABASE_AUTH', help="Authentication type options (case-sensitive):  DATABASE_AUTH, OPERATING_SYSTEM_AUTH.  Default=DATABASE_AUTH")
parser.add_option ("-U", dest="Dbms_admin", type="string", default="", help="DBMS administrator user")
parser.add_option ("-P", dest="Dbms_admin_pwd", type="string", default="", help="DBMS administrator password")
parser.add_option ("-D", dest="Database", type="string", default="none", help="Database name:  Not required for Oracle")
parser.add_option ("-p", dest="Password", type="string", default="", help="SDE user password")
parser.add_option ("-t", dest="tablespace", type="string", default="", help="Default tablespace for SDE user")
parser.add_option ("--path", dest="libpath", type="string", default="", help="path to the ST shape library including library file name.")

# Check if value entered for option
try:
	(options, args) = parser.parse_args()

	
#Check if no system arguments (options) entered
	if len(sys.argv) == 1:
		print "%s: error: %s\n" % (sys.argv[0], "No command options given")
		parser.print_help()
		sys.exit(3)
	

	#Usage parameters for spatial database connection
	database_type = options.Database_type.upper()
	instance = options.Instance
	account_authentication = options.account_authentication.upper()
	password = options.Password 
	tablespace = options.tablespace
	database = options.Database.lower()
	dbms_admin = options.Dbms_admin
	dbms_admin_pwd = options.Dbms_admin_pwd
	lib_path = options.libpath

	if( database_type ==""):	
		print " \n%s: error: \n%s\n" % (sys.argv[0], "DBMS type (--DBMS) must be specified.")
		parser.print_help()
		sys.exit(3)		

	# Local variables
	instance_temp = instance.replace("\\","_")
	instance_temp = instance_temp.replace("/","_")
	instance_temp = instance_temp.replace(":","_")
	Conn_File_NameT = instance_temp + "_" + database
	
	if os.environ.get("TEMP") == None:
		temp = "c:\\temp"	
	else:
		temp = os.environ.get("TEMP")
	
	if os.environ.get("TMP") == None:
		temp = "/usr/tmp"		
	else:
		temp = os.environ.get("TMP")  
	
	Connection_File_Name = Conn_File_NameT + ".sde"
	Connection_File_Name_full_path = temp + os.sep + Conn_File_NameT + ".sde"
	
	
	# Check for the .sde file and delete it if present
	arcpy.env.overwriteOutput=True
	if os.path.exists(Connection_File_Name_full_path):
		os.remove(Connection_File_Name_full_path)
	
	
	print "\nCreating Database Connection File...\n"	
	# Process: Create Database Connection File...
	# Usage:  out_file_location, out_file_name, DBMS_TYPE, instnace, database, account_authentication, username, password, save_username_password(must be true)
	arcpy.CreateDatabaseConnection_management(out_folder_path=temp, out_name=Connection_File_Name, database_platform=database_type, instance=instance, database=database, account_authentication=account_authentication, username=dbms_admin, password=dbms_admin_pwd, save_user_pass="TRUE")
	for i in range(arcpy.GetMessageCount()):
		if "000565" in arcpy.GetMessage(i):   #Check if database connection was successful
			arcpy.AddReturnMessage(i)
			arcpy.AddMessage("\n+++++++++")
			arcpy.AddMessage("Exiting!!")
			arcpy.AddMessage("+++++++++\n")
			sys.exit(3)            
		else:
			arcpy.AddReturnMessage(i)
			arcpy.AddMessage("+++++++++\n")	
	
	# Process: Create spatial type...
	try:
		print "Create spatial type...\n"
		arcpy.CreateSpatialType_management(input_workspace=Connection_File_Name_full_path, sde_user_password=password, tablespace_name=tablespace, st_shape_library_path=lib_path)
		print "after spatial type...\n"
		for i in range(arcpy.GetMessageCount()):
			arcpy.AddReturnMessage(i)
		arcpy.AddMessage("+++++++++\n")
	except:
		for i in range(arcpy.GetMessageCount()):
			arcpy.AddReturnMessage(i)
			
	if os.path.exists(Connection_File_Name_full_path):
		os.remove(Connection_File_Name_full_path)
			
#Check if no value entered for option	
except SystemExit as e:
	if e.code == 2:
		parser.usage = ""
		print "\n"
		parser.print_help()   
		parser.exit(2)

Run the altered script to create ST_Geometry type, subtypes, and functions in the PostgreSQL database.

Scripting the creation of the ST_Geometry type in PostgreSQL

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