[postgis-users] Error while importing data

[Nigel Kukard]

strk at refractions.net wrote:

>Here you specify that the geometry column will store geometries with
>4 dimensions (XYZM).
>
heh, shp2pgsql specified that.. not me ... :-)

>If you want to be free to add other-dimensioned
>geometries an option you have is to drop the enforce_dims_the_geom constraint
>on your table.
>
cool

> Note that in that case your geometry_columns entry will
>contain a non-true specification.
>
would this affect mapserver btw? I'm up to try and experiment anything,
and help where I can.

>You might want to use a fake value
>there, as a notice of 'freely-dimensioned', like '-1'.
>
>
sounds like a good idea!

>Maybe we should support -1 as a dimension value to specify this, like
>we do for SRID...
>
>
I'm up to test it out!!


-Nigel

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