debugged getgeometry and getgeometryid

src/pg/sql/42_observatory_exploration.sql

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+
+-- return a table that contains a string match based on input
+-- TODO: implement search for timespan
+
+CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION OBS_SearchTables(
+  search_term text,
+  time_span text DEFAULT '2009 - 2013'
+)
+RETURNS text[]
+As $$
+DECLARE
+  out_var text[];
+BEGIN
+
+  EXECUTE
+  'SELECT array_agg(tablename)
+FROM observatory.obs_table t JOIN observatory.obs_column_table ct
+  ON ct.table_id = t.id
+JOIN observatory.obs_column c
+  ON ct.column_id = c.id
+WHERE c.type ILIKE ''geometry''
+AND c.id = $1'
+  INTO out_var
+  USING search_term;
+
+  RETURN out_var;
+
+END;
+$$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;