Murali,
Well, the function you want (let's call it SE_GeomFromShape, because
that's what ESRI calls it) does not exist in PostGIS at this time.
The bits and pieces are all there (examples of the form of function
in GeomFromWKB, examples of ESRI shape reading code in shp2pgsql) but
they need to be assembled.
Paul
On 21-Jul-07, at 10:09 AM, Murali Maddali wrote:
> Thank you for the response Milo.
>
> We store each shape as a blob in the database (image datatype). You
> might already know this but this is the format that the blob is
> stored in http://www.esri.com/library/whitepapers/pdfs/shapefile.pdf.
>
> I tried to read these bytes and build a WKT, this works great for
> smaller polygons, lines and points, but I have some huge
> multipolygons (parcels) which take for ever to finish the process.
> My application is command line utility and I am using C#.
>
> This is what I am trying to do now.
>
> string sql = "select geometry(:bytesData::bytea)";
> try{
>
> using(NpgsqlConnection cn = new NpgsqlConnection(_dst_cn)){
>
> cn.Open();
>
> NpgsqlCommand cmd = new NpgsqlCommand(sql, cn);
>
> NpgsqlParameter param = new NpgsqlParameter(":bytesData",
> DbType.Binary);
>
> param.Value = (Byte[])src_dr[column];
>
> cmd.Parameters.Add(param);
>
> dst_dr["the_geom"] = cmd.ExecuteScalar();
>
> }
>
> My source database is MSSQLServer 2000 and my destination database
> is Postgres. I am not able to use the Sharpmap or Ogr libraries as
> they take a shape file.
>
> Am I on the right track? Please advice.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Murali K. Maddali
> 256-705-5191
> murali.maddali at uai.com
>
>
> From: postgis-users-bounces at postgis.refractions.net [mailto:postgis-
> users-bounces at postgis.refractions.net] On Behalf Of Milo van der
> Linden
> Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2007 8:46 AM
> To: PostGIS Users Discussion
> Subject: Re: [postgis-users] geometry(bytea)
>
> Hello Murali!
>
> I am doing exactly the same at this moment! In our case, the shape
> files are zip files in the MS SQL database (do these blobs come
> from MapObjects? then you are probably in the same situation.)
>
> The Byte is probably a ZIP, not a shape..
>
>
> What we do:
> - Extract the blobs with a php-script -> store them as ZIP
> - Unzip with the php_zip_lib (or something like that, I am not
> behind the development machine right now) into a temp directory
> - start a shell from the php-script that activates ogr2ogr -> ESRI
> shape to PostGIS for the shape file in the temp directory into a
> temporary table in PostGIS
> - Copy the temp table content in PostGIS to a production table with
> an INSERT statement
> - loop this sequence
>
> Our proces is 80% under control, we are now generating the insert
> into production (with a little help here on the PostGIS forums,
> thanks again Kevin)
>
>
> Let me know if you want to know more. ....
>
> Kind regards,
> Milo van der Linden
> http://www.3dsite.nl
>
>
> Murali Maddali schreef:
>> This is a ESRI shape file record, untranslated. Can you suggest me
>> how to translate this. I am reading the blob from SQL Server 2000
>> using C# which return a Byte[] and convert this Byte[] to bytea
>> and pass this to Npgsql command object as a parameter. Thank you,
>> Murali K. Maddali 256-705-5191 murali.maddali at uai.com -----
>> Original Message----- From: postgis-users-
>> bounces at postgis.refractions.net [mailto:postgis-users-
>> bounces at postgis.refractions.net] On Behalf Of Paul Ramsey Sent:
>> Friday, July 20, 2007 6:10 PM To: PostGIS Users Discussion
>> Subject: Re: [postgis-users] geometry(bytea) What is the format of
>> your bytea? If it's the ESRI shape file record, untranslated,
>> you're out of luck. If it's a WKB byte array, then use
>> GeomFromWKB. P On 20-Jul-07, at 8:17 AM, Murali Maddali wrote:
>>> Hello All, Can any one tell what I am doing wrong with the
>>> following select. select geometry('\\005\\000\\000\\000\\010\\247\
>>> \033\\113\\056\\263\ \053\\101\\213\\236\\223\\165\\164\\062\\046\
>>> \101\\006\\377\\131\ \025\\172\\266\\053\\101\\350\\300\\323\\152\
>>> \241\\067\\046\\101\ \001\\000\\000\\000\\006\\000\\000\\000\\000\
>>> \000\\000\\000\\010\ \247\\033\\113\\056\\263\\053\\101\\376\\053\
>>> \330\\300\\234\\067\ \046\\101\\205\\364\\147\\256\\134\\266\\053\
>>> \101\\350\\300\\323\ \152\\241\\067\\046\\101\\006\\377\\131\\025\
>>> \172\\266\\053\\101\ \230\\025\\330\\025\\171\\062\\046\\101\\034\
>>> \227\\351\\330\\331\ \263\\053\\101\\366\\105\\154\\104\\165\\062\
>>> \046\\101\\136\\376\ \167\\260\\113\\263\\053\\101\\213\\236\\223\
>>> \165\\164\\062\\046\ \101\\010\\247\\033\\113\\056\\263\\053\\101\
>>> \376\\053\\330\\300\ \234\\067\\046\\101\\000'::bytea); I am
>>> trying to convert a ESRI shape which is stored as a blob in SQL
>>> Server 2000 to postgis. I am using Npgsql to connect to postgis.
>>> This is the out I got from Npgsql. I know this is a valid shape
>>> and when I imported the data using shp2pgsql from the shape file
>>> it imported fine. Thank you, Regards, Murali K. Maddali UAI, Inc.
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