[postgis-users] shp2pgsql problem

[Paul Ramsey]

Step 1. Ensure you are using 0.7.5 or better. Alot of loader bugs were 
fixed in the 0.7.4 -> 0.7.5 transition.

Step 2. Edit your tmp file and remove the transaction blocks. Then try 
and load the file. Note which record fails to load. Send to us.

P.

Heitzso wrote:
> I have a large shape file with several layers of data
> for census 2000 block level information for one state.
> This shape file is smoothly imported by current stable
> GRASS code.  I can run shp2pgsql against this shape file
> and generate the sql statements to load the data w/o an
> error being flagged.
>    $ shp2pgsql -d blk2000_ga.shp ga_blk gis >h.tmp
> The shp file is 100M, the dbf file is 160M.
> 
> But when I attempt to load the script into the postgresql/gis
> dbms with
>    psql -f h.tmp gis
> it breaks with thousands of errors like:
>    ERROR:  current transaction is aborted,
>    queries ignored until end of transaction block
> Afterwards, within psql I '\dt;' and see the new table
> ga_blk but it is empty (has no rows).
> 
> Because GRASS imports the data w/o a problem I assume
> the shape file is in reasonably good shape.
> 
> Suggestions?
> 
> Heitzso
> 
> 
> 
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