[postgis-users] Re: shp2pgsql bug?

[Ross Presser]

Paul Ramsey <pramsey@refractions.net> wrote in
news:3EA05259.8050502@refractions.net: 

> 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.
> 

Another workaround is to create the table yourself with the offending field 
defined as a character field; then use shp2pgsql WITHOUT the -c option; 
then convert the field back to numeric (using ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN ..., 
UPDATE ..., ALTER TABLE DROP COLUMN ...) after loading .  Had this myself 
regarding the ID field in some TeleAtlas data.

-- 
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