[postgis-users] shp2pgsql crashes

[Paul Ramsey]

Alex, 
Definately tell us which ones failed. 
P.

Alex Rice wrote:
> 
> Hi, I am learning PostGIS and am downloading various shapefiles to
> import into PostGIS with shp2pgsql. I am using PostgreSQL 7.2.1, PostGIS
> 0.7.1, and shp2pgsql from the CVS snapshot-- I saw there were some
> recent patches on the list, so I thought I would try the most recent
> shp2pgsql to see if the crashes stopped.
> 
> However, about 50% of the shapefiles I have tried importing with
> shp2pgsql, it crashes with the following stacktrace. It seems to be
> taking issue with the DBF files included with these shapefiles?
> 
> Not knowing much about shapefiles or this loader-- is this about par for
> the course, or perhaps these  are just corrupted shapefiles? I am
> downloading the files from http://www.nationalatlas.gov/atlasftp.html.
> If anyone is interested, I can tell you exactly which files on that site
> refused to load and which ones loaded OK, among the ones I've tried.
> 
> Thread 0 Crashed:
>   #0   0x32300000 in 0x32300000
>   #1   0x70014f9c in fseeko
>   #2   0x000052f8 in DBFReadAttribute
>   #3   0x0000756c in Insert_attributes
>   #4   0x000080b4 in main
>   #5   0x0000193c in _start
>   #6   0x0000176c in start
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Alex Rice, Software Developer
> Architectural Research Consultants, Inc.
> alex_rice at arc.to
> alrice at swcp.com
> 
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