PostGIS and Editing Features in PostGIS

[HolmSeifert]

PostGIS Question,

Hello
My question is addressing the work with PostGIS.

Connection to PostGIS
Is it possible to connect to a PostGII. Yes it is. No Problem.
I will post today a short guidance how to install Postgresql and PostGIS and which version you need exactly to install and run Postgresql and PostGIS on 32bit and 64 bit machines. I will provide the postgresql-clients as well.


Editing PostGIS Features
So here comes the crucial question.
Is it possible to edit Features, being in a PostGIS-database without using sde from ArcMap?
Using sde is clear. Should and has to run. But whats about the PG_Geometry, relating to PostGIS.
Many Esri-Users want to edit PostGIS features. That should be a core functionality of a high end gis, like ArcGIS.
Maybe there are some beta-tests?


Thanks
Holm

[KimPeter]

Hi,

As you mention, you can connect to, query, and analyze data in a database from ArcMap.  However, you cannot edit features in a database (any database; not specific to PostGIS-enabled PostgreSQL) from ArcMap. For that, you would need to create a geodatabase in your database and register the data with the geodatabase.