[postgis-users] shp2pgsql-gui and option -S (Generate simple instead of MULTI geometries) / Ticket #660?

Sandro Santilli strk at keybit.net
Fri Jan 27 03:20:48 PST 2012


On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 09:50:25PM +0100, Stefan Keller wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Recent PostGIS versions come with a nifty plugin for pgAdmin3 called
> "PostGIS Shapefile and DBF Loader" (shp2pgsql-gui). I see Revision
> 7713 in my case.
> 
> A common stumbling block of shp2pgsql is that Shapefile LineStrings
> are imported as MulitLineStrings (I'd wish the default would be the
> other way round :->)
> 
> Fortunately there's the option -S "Generate simple geometries instead
> of MULTI geometries".
> 
> Now I realize that this option is not available in the "Options..."
> dialog and that there is a ticket #660 since 4.4.11.
> 
> Am I missing something?

A ticket on the trac system, most likely :)
http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/newticket

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