[postgis-devel] [PostGIS] #2111: [raster] External band numbers are capped to 1 - 256

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#2111: [raster] External band numbers are capped to 1 - 256
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 Reporter:  dustymugs  |       Owner:  dustymugs     
     Type:  defect     |      Status:  new           
 Priority:  critical   |   Milestone:  PostGIS Future
Component:  raster     |     Version:  trunk         
 Keywords:             |  
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 In looking at the code, the variable for the external band number is set
 to uint8_t.  This is reflected by the serialized raster allocating 1 byte
 for the band number.

 Having external band numbers set to 1 - 256 is a serious limitation
 considering external band data is processed through GDAL, which probably
 has a much higher limit.

 The external band number variable should be at least uint16_t, which is
 the same as the number of bands variable for the raster object.

 I don't know when this can be fixed as this affects the serialized raster
 format. The raster object does have a version flag so this fix could be
 introduced in PostGIS 2.1.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/ticket/2111>
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