[postgis-tickets] [PostGIS] #2850: Preserve scale and precision when generating shape file with pgsql2shp

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#2850: Preserve scale and precision when generating shape file with pgsql2shp
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 Reporter:  hopfgartner    |       Owner:  mcayland
     Type:  enhancement    |      Status:  new     
 Priority:  medium         |   Milestone:          
Component:  loader/dumper  |     Version:  2.1.x   
 Keywords:  pgsql2shp      |  
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 This patch uses the precision and scale information from the
 database server in order to write the shape file. The advantage is
 twofold: a major control on the shape file format and less disk
 space used when writing DECIMALs/NUMERICs which have a precision of
 less then 32 digits.

 The  patch is against branch 1.5. If the approach is ok, I can
 prepare a patch for trunk.

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