[postgis-users] Shp2pgsql load error

[strk at refractions.net]

Oh.. BTW, which version are you using ?
Upcoming 1.0.1 contains a bugfix in shp2pgsql:

        - BUGFIX in shp2pgql escape functions

We might be facing a known bug..

--strk;

On Tue, May 24, 2005 at 07:17:33PM +0200, strk at refractions.net wrote:
> A segfault from malloc ?!  Never seen before...
> And... doesn't happen w/out -W flag ?
> Which architecture ?
> Can you provide (the smallest) shapefile reproducing the bug ?
> 
> --strk;
> 
> On Tue, May 24, 2005 at 01:10:29PM -0400, Kralidis,Tom [Burlington] wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Kralidis,Tom [Burlington] 
> > > Sent: Tuesday, 24 May, 2005 13:09
> > > To: 'PostGIS Users Discussion'
> > > Subject: RE: [postgis-users] Shp2pgsql load error
> > > 
> > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > > 
> > > > > Thanks for the previous help on the encoding issues.  When trying
> > > > > again with the following command:
> > > > > 
> > > > > $ /usr/local/pgsql/bin/shp2pgsql -W ISO8859-1 -s 42304 wshed_p
> > > > > public.wshed_p | /usr/local/pgsql/bin/psql -d devgeodb -U postgres
> > > > > 
> > > > > ERROR:  unterminated quoted string at or near
> > > > > 
> > > > 
> > > "'SRID=42304;<SNIP_TONS_OF_GEOMETRY>64BA4041F6365E936DC3F8400151CD483F
> > > > > BA
> > > > > 404199B6A0E30AC4F8406EA" at character 158
> > > > > LINE 1: 
> > > > > ...066.31678','281229.63625','485','01AM','Oromocto','SRID=4230...
> > > > > 
> > > > > Any suggestions?
> > > > 
> > > > First of all redirect to a file instead of piping.
> > > > Then run psql -f on that file, so the error will tell you
> > > > line number causing it.
> > > > Collapse your TONS of geometry and see what sound wrong in quoting.
> > > > 
> > >   
> > > I can't even get that far because shp2pgsql gives me back a 
> > > segfault when I want to redirect to file.  So trying this in gdb:
> > > 
> > > $ gdb /usr/local/pgsql/bin/shp2pgsql
> > > $ run -W ISO8859-1 -s 42304 wshed_p public.wshed_p
> > > <SNIP>
> > > $ 
> > > INSERT INTO "public"."wshed_p" 
> > > ("area","perimeter","wshed_","wshed","shedname","the_geom") 
> > > VALUES 
> > > ('2127022066.31678','281229.63625','485','01AM','Oromocto','SR
> > > ID=42304;<SNIP>
> > > 
> > > Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
> > > 0x00872f18 in _int_malloc () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6
> > > 
> > 
> > Whoops, forgot trace to shp2pgsql.c:
> > 
> > #0  0x00872f18 in _int_malloc () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6
> > #1  0x0087225d in malloc () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6
> > #2  0x0804dc5a in safe_malloc (size=4) at shp2pgsql.c:130
> > #3  0x0804ed41 in FindPolygons (obj=0x8a92a30, Out=0x1) at
> > shp2pgsql.c:847
> > #4  0x0804f12c in InsertPolygon () at shp2pgsql.c:997
> > #5  0x0804e62b in LoadData () at shp2pgsql.c:640
> > #6  0x0804e10c in main (ARGC=7, ARGV=0xbfe437f4) at shp2pgsql.c:401
> > 
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