# Does not work with PostGIS?
**URL:** https://community.forestadmin.com/t/does-not-work-with-postgis/4879
**Category:** Help me!
**Created:** [June 22, 2022, 3:23pm UTC](https://community.forestadmin.com/t/does-not-work-with-postgis/4879 "2022-06-22T15:23:18Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@PierrickB](https://community.forestadmin.com/u/PierrickB)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2022, 3:23pm UTC](https://community.forestadmin.com/t/does-not-work-with-postgis/4879/1 "2022-06-22T15:23:18Z")
## Feature(s) impacted
Can’t save a row with a POINT column if the column is not empty.
The error message :
> string violation: position cannot be an array or an object
## Observed behavior
I can’t save anything in this table.
## Expected behavior
I would expect that, at least, Forest would not modify the original data and that I could save if I don’t modify the POINT column.
I would also love to be able to set this POINT column manually, but I don’t think Smartfields can help me there as it would requires a Postgis function.
Ie, I would like the recalculate this POINT field if the field “adress” changes (using Mapbox) but I need to be able to run SQL method to convert to postgis types.
## Context
> Please provide in this **mandatory section** , the relevant information about your configuration:
- Team name: lonestone
- Environment name: dev
- Agent type & version: SQL, via CLI, v8
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### Author:  [@anon39940173](https://community.forestadmin.com/u/anon39940173)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2022, 3:34pm UTC](https://community.forestadmin.com/t/does-not-work-with-postgis/4879/2 "2022-06-22T15:34:42Z")
Hi @PierrickB
Welcome to the community
I’ll set up a test project, attempt to replicate your issue and come back to you.
(This may take me a bit of time, so expect a reply by tomorrow morning)
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### Author:  [@anon39940173](https://community.forestadmin.com/u/anon39940173)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2022, 3:56pm UTC](https://community.forestadmin.com/t/does-not-work-with-postgis/4879/3 "2022-06-22T15:56:40Z")
In the meantime can you show me your sequelize schema for the table with the POINT column?
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### Author:  [@PierrickB](https://community.forestadmin.com/u/PierrickB)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2022, 4:26pm UTC](https://community.forestadmin.com/t/does-not-work-with-postgis/4879/4 "2022-06-22T16:26:48Z")
Hello,
We don’t use Sequelize, but Mikro ORM.
But in term of SQL, it’s a Postgis Geography Point : geography(Point,4326)
Pierrick Bignet
Co-founder @ Lonestone
+33 6 52 33 69 74
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### Author:  [@anon39940173](https://community.forestadmin.com/u/anon39940173)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2022, 10:10am UTC](https://community.forestadmin.com/t/does-not-work-with-postgis/4879/5 "2022-06-23T10:10:41Z")
I just tested using Geography(Point) on Postgres.
You do use Sequelize on your agent, as projects generated with the CLI depend on it 🙂 , and there is indeed an issue in the Sequelize model generation step.
Can you go to the model file in your agent code (in the `models/` folder), find the field that is causing issues and replace `type: DataTypes.STRING` by `type: DataTypes.GEOMETRY('POINT')` ?
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### Author:  [@PierrickB](https://community.forestadmin.com/u/PierrickB)
#### Post date: [June 24, 2022, 8:19am UTC](https://community.forestadmin.com/t/does-not-work-with-postgis/4879/6 "2022-06-24T08:19:40Z")
Ho ok, sorry did not understand that!
By modifying the models it works indeed, that’s great.
I’ll keep testing for a while, thanks a lot.
By the way, I’m a bit perplex : I saw there was a BETA version with new APIs ([https://docs.forestadmin.com/beta-developer-guide-agents-v2/https://docs.forestadmin.com/beta-developer-guide-agents-v2/](https://docs.forestadmin.com/beta-developer-guide-agents-v2/https://docs.forestadmin.com/beta-developer-guide-agents-v2/)) , is it the future of Forest admin ? It’s quite unclear.
I actually tried to start FA with my NestJS application but the project view kept complaining that the agent was not started (and I did not have any error on my side). So I reverted back to the CLI.
Pierrick Bignet
Co-founder @ Lonestone
+33 6 52 33 69 74
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### Author:  [@anon39940173](https://community.forestadmin.com/u/anon39940173)
#### Post date: [June 24, 2022, 10:02am UTC](https://community.forestadmin.com/t/does-not-work-with-postgis/4879/7 "2022-06-24T10:02:55Z")
> [@PierrickB](#):
>
> is it the future of Forest admin ? It’s quite unclear
That exactly it.
Sorry for the lack of communication.
We’ve been working on a big evolution of the library that fuels our customers’ agents.
The new version is no longer tied to specific frameworks (sequelize / express, …), is higher level and much easier to use and debug.
It is in beta, and only advertised for NestJS for a couple more weeks, as we’re still actively working on it, and some features are still missing.
> [@PierrickB](#):
>
> I actually tried to start FA with my NestJS application but the project view kept complaining that the agent was not started (and I did not have any error on my side). So I reverted back to the CLI.
That is very unfortunate.
Did you double check the url here when you created your projet?
