shp2pgsql | psql error: fseek(...) failed on DBF file.

[Manfred Meier]

Hello,

I hope this is not trivial:

- does dbfdump and dbfdump --info give you correct info about yout dbf file?

- i had some time ago seg faults with shp2img because my dbf file had 
less records than i had shapes in the shapefile. it could be that 
shp2pgsql does not generate seg faults and instead makes a wrong fseek.

Manfred




P Kishor schrieb:
> while running
> 
> shp2pgsql foo foo | psql
> 
> # shp2pgsql foo foo | psql -d foo
> 
> I get a bunch of...
> fseek(-2045813584) failed on DBF file.
> fseek(-2045813584) failed on DBF file.
> 
> before I Ctrl-C the operation. Any ideas why, and how I can correct it?
> 
> By the way, I get the same errors even when I two-step the operation
> and try to create the interim sql file. What can I look for in my DBF
> file to try and correct it?
> 
> 
> Many thanks,
>