[postgis-users] shp2pgsql segmentation fault using -a option

[strk]

There was a bug in shp2pgsql, fixed in current CVS version.
--strk;

rkgeorge wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> 	Here is another novice question about the shp2pgsql translator.
> 
> 	I am running the translator in a SUSE 9.0 Linux with PostgreSQl and PostGIS
> installed on a USA state bdry states.shp file which was taken from an
> ArcView sample data directory.
> 
> 	When I run the translator as follows there is no problem:
> 1. shp2pgsql -D states.shp test GISTest > test.sql
> 2. shp2pgsql -d -D states.shp test GISTest > test.sql
> 3. shp2pgsql -s 4269 -d -D states.shp test GISTest > test.sql
> 
> 	any of the above allow me to use:
> psql -f test.sql -d GIStest
> 
> 
> 	The only problem appears to be in the attempt to "drop sequence
> GISTest_test_seq" even after the SELECT pg_catalog.setval('test_gid_seq',
> 50, true); statement is completed (running the psql command a second time).
> 	It looks like the drop table test; also drops the sequence test_gid_seq so
> that even if the drop sequence is changed to match test_gis_seq there will
> be an ERROR indicating the sequence does not exist.
> 	Note: This doesn't affect the import of the data.
> 
> **** However when I run shp2pgsql as follows I get a segmentation error:
> 4. shp2pgsql -a -D states.shp test GISTest > test.sql
> 
> 	Is the -a append option intended to update the sequence value? Does the
> sequence value need to be tracked by the translation software or is it
> updated internally?
> 
> Thanks for any help.
> Randy
> 
> 
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