[postgis-users] shp2pgsql bug?

[Paul Ramsey]

It'll have a different problem, but still will probably mess you up. An 
alternative loading path could be via OGR, assuming OGR handles large 
numbers gracefully.

Paul

Zhiqiang Zhang wrote:
> Thanks for the prompt reply. What's the temporary solution before a 
> patch is come up? I am using postgis 0.7.5. Does the older version also 
> has the same problem?
> 
> 
>> From: Paul Ramsey <pramsey at refractions.net>
>> Reply-To: PostGIS Users Discussion 
>> <postgis-users at postgis.refractions.net>
>> To: PostGIS Users Discussion <postgis-users at postgis.refractions.net>
>> Subject: Re: [postgis-users] shp2pgsql bug?
>> Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 08:37:27 -0700
>>
>> It looks like you have a bad int8 external representation. :)
>> Seriously, it looks like the new handling for large numbers does not  
>> include handling for nulls. You'll have to patch the loader yourself 
>> or  wait for a patch from us or someone else.
>>
>> On Friday, April 18, 2003, at 01:36 AM, Zhiqiang Zhang wrote:
>>
>>> I am trying to load a shapefile into postgis using shp2pgsql tool:
>>>
>>> shp2pgsql myfile roads sdb > roads.sql
>>>
>>> The roads.sql was generated but when I try to run
>>>
>>> psql -d sdb -f roads.sql I got the following error:
>>>
>>> ERROR:  Bad int8 external representation "".
>>>
>>> Anybody knows what's wrong?
>>>
>>> The roads.sql looks like:
>>>
>>> create table roads (gid int4 , TLID int8, FNODE int4, TNODE int4,  
>>> LENGTH float8, FEDIRP varchar, FENAME varchar, FETYPE varchar, 
>>> FEDIRS  varchar, CFCC varchar, FRADDL int8, TOADDL int8, FRADDR int8, 
>>> TOADDR  int8, ZIPL varchar, ZIPR varchar, CENSUS1 varchar, CENSUS2 
>>> varchar,  CFCC1 varchar, CFCC2 varchar, SOURCE varchar);
>>> select  
>>> AddGeometryColumn('sdb','roads','the_geom','-1','MULTILINESTRING',2);
>>> begin;
>>> insert into roads  
>>> values('0','102598387','52476','52477','0.16860',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'A 
>>> 41','','','','',NULL,NULL,'0','0','A','A4','A',GeometryFromText('MULTIL 
>>> INESTRING ((-121.271077 37.168284 ,-121.268691 37.169473 
>>> ,-121.268443  37.169496))',-1) );
>>>
>>>
>>> It fails at the first insert.
>>>
>>> Any help will be greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>> MZ
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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