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Is it possible to utilize the PostGIS command line functions, e.g. shp2pgsql, from within pgAdmin III? I am using pgAdmin to connect to a remote server.

Blazinator
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  • What is the purpose for using shp2pgsql in pgAdmin? – artwork21 Jul 08 '14 at 19:50
  • Because I'm connecting to a remote server, I thought it might be easier to use it within an interface like pgAdmin than to have to open a separate remote terminal. – Blazinator Jul 09 '14 at 15:17

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No and yes. You can configure pgadmin to call external programs, like shp2pgsql-gui, out of a menu option, which can make things easier for new users (see OpenGeo Suite, for example). But a full commandline like shp2pgsql has too many parameters needed to be effectively called by pgadmin.

Paul Ramsey
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