[postgis-devel] [PostGIS] #467: shp2pgsql: command line option to cope with broken strings in dbf files

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#467: shp2pgsql: command line option to cope with broken strings in dbf files
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 Reporter:  agnat      |       Owner:  pramsey      
     Type:  patch      |      Status:  new          
 Priority:  medium     |   Milestone:  PostGIS 1.5.2
Component:  postgis    |     Version:  1.5.X        
 Keywords:  shp2pgsql  |  
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 Struggling with a shape (dbf) file with broken string encodings I created
 he attached patch. It adds a command line option to set icons error
 policy:

 {{{
 shp2pgsql -C ignore broken.shp some_table
 }}}

 The above command drops broken characters.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/ticket/467>
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