[postgis-devel] [PostGIS] #411: Invalid geometries are accepted in DB but no way to take them out

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#411: Invalid geometries are accepted in DB but no way to take them out
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 Reporter:  strk      |       Owner:  pramsey      
     Type:  defect    |      Status:  new          
 Priority:  critical  |   Milestone:  PostGIS 1.4.2
Component:  postgis   |     Version:  1.4.X        
 Keywords:            |  
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 The attached shapefile contains shapes that are imported in PostGIS with
 no warning or error, but result in them being stuck in there forever. In
 particular you can NOT copy them somewhere:

 postgis_bugs=# copy poly_molto_critici to '/tmp/out';
 ERROR:  geometry requires more points

 Of course you can't even pg_dump:

 postgis_bugs=# select the_geom from poly_molto_critici;
 ERROR:  geometry requires more points

 Note that I'm testing this with current trunk, but the original reporter
 (Regione Toscana) mentioned they are using 1.4.1 so for them to be out of
 the induced nightmare
 we'd need a C-only fix and a 1.4.2.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/ticket/411>
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