[postgis-users] Does geometry field type have a size limit?

[Paul Ramsey]

There is no limit to the geometry field size (well, no practical limit
http://www.postgresql.org/about/, 1Gb) .

Send me your shape file to confirm if your problem is repeatable.

P.

On 3/12/08, davidj2k <davidj2k at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>  I am trying to convert several of my .shp files to the PostGIS database and
>  when it inserts some of the larger polygons it fails to insert the geometry
>  field value.
>  I tried it using the shp2pgsql and I tried it using my own code in C# and I
>  have even tried executing the SQL in the pgAdmin III Query function and all
>  three have the exact same results the record gets inserted but the geometry
>  field is null and it only happens on those records that have a lot of points
>  that make up the polygon, I created several test to try and determine how
>  many points were too much for it and I hit upon 1365 seemed to be the amount
>  that was too many.
>  Does anybody know if there is a limitation to the geometry field and if
>  there is how can I increase it?
>
>  Thank You
>
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