[postgis-devel] [PostGIS] #1696: [raster] raster2pgsql fails with big raster on Windows

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#1696: [raster] raster2pgsql fails with big raster on Windows
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  Reporter:  pracine  |       Owner:  pramsey      
      Type:  defect   |      Status:  closed       
  Priority:  medium   |   Milestone:  PostGIS 2.0.0
 Component:  postgis  |     Version:  trunk        
Resolution:  wontfix  |    Keywords:               
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Changes (by dustymugs):

  * status:  new => closed
  * resolution:  => wontfix


Comment:

 I expect that to fail.  Everything of raster2psql makes use of the
 functions provide in rt_api, where all functions operate in memory.  As
 such, if that raster was in the database, it would also fail when any
 database operation is done on it.

 As to where memory is being consumed in the loader...

 1. GDAL natural block (some subset of the raster)

 2. postgis raster internal data structure (full raster)

 3. hexwkb of step #2 (full raster x2 as hex is twice the size of the
 binary raster)

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