[postgis-users] shp2pgsql problem with very large .shp-files

[Uwe Seher]

Am 15.08.2007, 09:51 Uhr, schrieb Stefan Zweig <stefanzweig1881 at web.de>:

> hi list,
>
> i have a problem with the shp2pgsql program:
>
> this command:
> /usr/local/pgsql/bin/shp2pgsql -s 4326 -c -I -D -k  
> /var/gisapp/postgreexport/_G342.shp public._g342 >  
> /var/gisapp/postgreexport/_g342.sql
> works alright, no problems at all
>
> whereas this command:
> /usr/local/pgsql/bin/shp2pgsql -s 4326 -c -I -D -k  
> /var/gisapp/postgreexport/_G2681.shp public._g2681 >  
> /var/gisapp/postgreexport/_g2681.sql
> causes shp2pgsql to answer:
>
> "/var/gisapp/postgreexport/_G2681.shp: shape (.shp) or index files  
> (.shx) can not be opened."
>
> ls -la in /var/gisapp/postgreexport/ says the following:
>
> -rwxrwxrwx  1 root     root    171848556 2007-08-14 18:38 _G2681.dbf
> -rwxrwxrwx  1 root     root                143 2007-08-14 18:38  
> _G2681.prj
> -rwxrwxrwx  1 root     root  4565523268 2007-08-14 18:38 _G2681.shp
> -rwxrwxrwx  1 root     root    124980820 2007-08-14 18:38 _G2681.shx
> -rwxrwxrwx  1 root     root                308 2007-08-15 09:35 _G342.dbf
> -rwxrwxrwx  1 root     root                143 2007-08-15 09:35 _G342.prj
> -rwxrwxrwx  1 root     root                716 2007-08-15 09:35 _G342.shp
> -rwxrwxrwx  1 root     root                276 2007-08-15 09:35 _G342.shx
>
>
> so the only difference between shp-file _g2681 and shp-file _g342 is  
> that _g2681 is an extremely big one. (and actually there is another  
> difference: _G342.shp is a point shape, _g2681.shp is a line shape)
>
> any ideas?
>
> i appreciate any help, thanks in advance,
>
> stefan



Maybe this is a Problem of the filesystem or large file support. Does the  
shapefile work in other applications? maybe there is a border in the  
indexnumber, so that it cann't be opened.
Maybe you can split your shape and import the pieces ;)

bye uwe

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