[postgis-users] corrupt DBF files?

Jeff Lounsbury jeffloun at refractions.net
Tue Aug 20 11:28:52 PDT 2002


I wouldn't assume that the shapefile has nothing to do with your problem
since you pointed out before that shp2pgsql doesn't discover that the file
is a multilinestring which would be specified in the shapefile. Please post
the file, i might get a chance to take a quick look at it...
-Jeff

Vinko Vrsalovic wrote:

> On Sat, Aug 17, 2002 at 12:54:55AM -0400, Vinko Vrsalovic wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Has anyone stumped across a DBF file that ArcView, Excel, etc. read
> > perfectly, but shp2pgsql doesn't?
>
> Updates: The shapefile is read perfectly in all the programs i tested it
> with, even displays in mapserver as a shapefile layer with no problems,
> just shp2pgsql produces incorrect output.
>
> If anybody is interested in checking what may be wrong with it, I'm able
> to send the shapefile. Pitifully, I don't have the time nor the
> expertise to check shp2pgsql.c myself.
>
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> Vinko Vrsalovic <vinko[|- at -|]cprsig.cl>
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