[postgis-users] Reducing geometry type's dimensions

[Aren Cambre]

Thank you!

Aren

On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 2:14 PM, Fred Lehodey <lehodey at gmail.com> wrote:

> http://postgis.refractions.net/docs/ST_Force_2D.html
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> Fred
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> On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 7:51 PM, Aren Cambre <aren at arencambre.com> wrote:
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>> Did I stump everybody? :-)
>>
>> Aren
>>
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>> On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 3:05 PM, Aren Cambre <aren at arencambre.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I was trying to copy a geometry data type from one table to another, but
>>> I got a *enforce_dims_the_geom* error.
>>>
>>> I looked at the *geometry_columns* table, and turns out the source table
>>> has a 4-dimensional field and the destination table has a 2-dimensional
>>> field. Both fields have srid 3081, and they are both of type point.
>>>
>>> The source table is an import from a SHP using shp2pgsql, so I guess the
>>> 4-dimensionality was created at import time? I don't know why it's 4
>>> dimensions; all its points only exist in a 2-dimensional plane.
>>>
>>> How can I remove the two extraneous dimensions while I copy this geometry
>>> object from one table to another?
>>>
>>> Aren
>>>
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