[postgis-devel] [PostGIS] #467: shp2pgsql: command line option to cope with broken strings in dbf files

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#467: shp2pgsql: command line option to cope with broken strings in dbf files
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  Reporter:  agnat    |       Owner:  strk         
      Type:  patch    |      Status:  assigned     
  Priority:  medium   |   Milestone:  PostGIS 1.5.2
 Component:  postgis  |     Version:  1.5.X        
Resolution:           |    Keywords:  shp2pgsql    
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Comment (by agnat):

 The [http://www.gadm.org/data/shp/MLI_adm.zip Mali file] is corrupted and
 a lot smaller.

 {{{
 $ shp2pgsql MLI_adm1.shp > /dev/null
 Shapefile type: Polygon
 Postgis type: MULTIPOLYGON[2]
 Unable to convert field value "..." to UTF-8: iconv reports "Illegal byte
 sequence"
 }}}

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/ticket/467#comment:7>
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