QGIS/resources/context_help/QgsPgSourceSelect

<h3>Add PostGIS Tables</h3>
This dialog allows you to add PostGIS layers (tables with a geometry column) to the QGIS map canvas.
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<a href="#connect">Connections</a><br/>
<a href="#add">Adding Layers</a><br/>
<a href="#filter">Filtering a Layer</a><br/>
<a href="#search">Search options</a><br/>

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<h4>Connections</h4>
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<ul>
<li>Choose the connection to use from the drop-down box and click <label>Connect</label>.
<li>If there are no connections, use the <label>New</label> button to create a connection.
<li>To modify a connection, click the <label>Edit</label> button.
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<h4>Adding Layers</h4>
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To add a layer:
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<li>Choose the desired connection from the drop-down box.
<li>Click <label>Connect</label>.
<li>Find the layer you want to add in the list and click on it to select it.
<li>You can select additional layers by holding down the Ctrl key and clicking.
<li>Click <label>Add</label> to add the layer(s) to the map.
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<h4>Filtering a Layer</h4>
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To filter a layer before adding it to the map, double click on its name or use <label>Build query</label> button. This will open the Query Builder, allowing you to build up a SQL statement to use in filtering the records.

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<h4>Options</h4>
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<ul>
<li><label>Also list tables with no geometry</label>  Indicates that tables without geometry should also be listed.
<li><label>Keep dialog open</label> Indicated that the dialog should not be closed when tables are added.
<li>Ticking <label>Search options</label> enables additional options for searching in different column types and using 2 search modes: <label>Wildcard</label> or <label>RegExp</label>.
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