Question

I have this parameterized query in an Npgsqlcommand:

UPDATE raw.geocoding
SET the_geom = ST_Transform(ST_GeomFromText('POINT(:longitude :latitude)', 4326),3081)
WHERE id=:id

:longutide and :latitude are double, and id is int.

The query that is actually run against the DB looks like this:

UPDATE raw.geocoding
SET the_geom = ST_Transform(ST_GeomFromText('POINT(((E'-96.6864379495382')::float8) ((E'32.792527154088')::float8))', 4326),3081)
WHERE id=((10793455)::int4)

Thanks to help from Erwin Brandstetter here, it’s apparent that the query needs to be simplified to work with PostGIS. He suggested this:

UPDATE raw.geocoding
SET    the_geom = ST_Transform(ST_GeomFromText(
                  $$POINT(:longitude :latitude)$$::geometry, 4326), 3081)
WHERE  id = :id

I guess I could create this with a dynamic query, where I manually update the query every time I run it, but is there a way to make this work with a Npgsql parameterized query?

Answer 1

I am not an expert with npgsql, but I think your parameterized query could work like this:

UPDATE raw.geocoding
SET    the_geom = ST_Transform(ST_GeomFromText(:mygeom, 4326), 3081)
WHERE  id = :id

And mygeom would hold this string:

POINT(96.6864379495382 32.792527154088)

.. pre-assembled from your other variables. Would result in a query like this:

UPDATE raw.geocoding
SET    the_geom = ST_Transform(ST_GeomFromText(
             (E'POINT(96.6864379495382 32.792527154088)')::text, 4326),3081)
WHERE  id=((10793455)::int4)

Which should work.

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If you have trouble assembling the string (like your comment demonstrates), there is a more elegant way. As per hint from @Paul on my previous answer – PostGIS provides a dedicated function for the purpose:

ST_MakePoint(double precision x, double precision y)

Details in the manual. With this, we finally arrive at:

UPDATE raw.geocoding
SET    the_geom = ST_Transform(ST_SetSRID(
               ST_MakePoint(:longitude, :latitude), 4326), 3081)
WHERE  id = :id

Note the comma. Will it finally work now?
^{If not, just beat it with a sledgehammer. Grml.}

It does – with ST_SetSRID() now instead of ST_GeomFromText(). See comment.