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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Dear all,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’m using the following code to transform a shapefile I have into a table and import it into my database:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>shp2pgsql -s 3754 ~/JOE/columbus/pole_region.shp columbus.pole_region | psql -h localhost -U postgres -p 5432 -d paul<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>When it runs I have to put my password in for postgres (expected), and I get the following output:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>ERROR: current transaction is aborted, commands ignored until end of transaction block<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>ERROR: current transaction is aborted, commands ignored until end of transaction block<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>ERROR: current transaction is aborted, commands ignored until end of transaction block<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>ERROR: current transaction is aborted, commands ignored until end of transaction block<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>ERROR: current transaction is aborted, commands ignored until end of transaction block<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>ERROR: current transaction is aborted, commands ignored until end of transaction block<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>ERROR: current transaction is aborted, commands ignored until end of transaction block<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>ERROR: current transaction is aborted, commands ignored until end of transaction block<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>ERROR: current transaction is aborted, commands ignored until end of transaction block<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>ERROR: current transaction is aborted, commands ignored until end of transaction block<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>ERROR: current transaction is aborted, commands ignored until end of transaction block<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>ERROR: current transaction is aborted, commands ignored until end of transaction block<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>ERROR: current transaction is aborted, commands ignored until end of transaction block<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The database paul is created and the schema columbus is created and is owned by postgres. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>What am I doing wrong? Do I have to set datatypes?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks for the help,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Paul<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Paul A. Maddock<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Mapping Technician<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>IJUS LLC<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>560 Officenter Place<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Gahanna, OH 43230<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Cell: (513) 404-6476<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.ijus.net/index.html"><span style='color:blue;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=100 height=71 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.gif@01CD22CE.F51BF570" alt="Description: Description: Home"></span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>