PostGIS – Shapefile Importer Error: Unable to Import Shapefiles

Question

How do I resolve the following Shapefile Import error message?

Answer

Sometimes when installing a Postgres database, the extension PostGIS is not successfully installed. This means that if you try to import a table/file with spatial geometry the Importer fails to load the data. To resolve this issue, you simply need to create/install the PostGIS extension correctly.

In PGAdmin using the SQL window run the following script:

CREATE EXTENSION postgis;

The Shapefile Importer will now work correctly.