[postgis-users] Problem with pgsql2shp .dbfs

[Matthew Perry]

On 8/24/05, Frank Koormann <frank.koormann at intevation.de> wrote:
> * Matthew Perry <perrygeo at gmail.com> [050824 23:14]:
> > Here's the odd part. Check out the difference in file size between the
> > dbf output by pgsql2shp (salinetrack_bad.dbf) and the one saved by
> > openoffice:
> >
> > ls -al *.dbf
> > -rw-r--r--  1 perrygeo perrygeo 466623 2005-08-24 12:51 salinetrack_bad.dbf
> > -rw-r--r--  1 perrygeo perrygeo   7325 2005-08-24 12:59 salinetrack.dbf
> >
> > What could be causing this difference? Could pgsql2shp be exporting a
> > corrupted .dbf??
> 
> Can you post a link to both files or send it to me in private mail?
> 

The shapefile and dbfs can be accessed at these URLs:

http://perrygeo.net/download/salinetrack.shp
http://perrygeo.net/download/salinetrack.shx
http://perrygeo.net/download/salinetrack.dbf
http://perrygeo.net/download/salinetrack_bad.dbf

Thanks for taking a look,


-- 
Matt Perry
perrygeo at gmail.com
http://www.perrygeo.net