[postgis-devel] [PostGIS] #1505: Deal with database dumps containing geometries with SRID > MAX_SRID

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#1505: Deal with database dumps containing geometries with SRID > MAX_SRID
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 Reporter:  strk     |       Owner:  pramsey      
     Type:  defect   |      Status:  new          
 Priority:  high     |   Milestone:  PostGIS 2.0.0
Component:  postgis  |     Version:  trunk        
 Keywords:           |  
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Comment(by pramsey):

 Not sure what the point is here... we're mapping 4B values into 1000
 slots, it's known we're going to have a chance of collision. Particularly
 if we use an even modulo (1000) peoples tendency to build SRIDs by
 starting from a round number will drastically increase odds of collision.
 Using a CRC is one way to avoid this. Another is to just go modulo 999.

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