[postgis-devel] [PostGIS] #1008: Too many columns in select crashes pgsql2shp

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#1008: Too many columns in select crashes pgsql2shp
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 Reporter:  joshjordan     |       Owner:  mcayland     
     Type:  defect         |      Status:  new          
 Priority:  medium         |   Milestone:  PostGIS 2.0.0
Component:  loader/dumper  |     Version:  trunk        
 Keywords:  pgsql2shp      |  
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Comment(by joshjordan):

 The query string length caused the crash.  Its true the dbf spec has a
 limit of 255 columns and 255 chars in each column.  I have never heard of
 or run into a limit on record length.  Most tools ignore the 255 column
 limit including mapserver, openoffice, and postgis.

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