On 10/10/2010 1:52 PM, Bob Pawley wrote:
Hi
I am using the following
pgsql2shp -f Test.shp -u postgres -P London2342 -k PDW p_id.image -g
the_geom
to export a shape file from postgis.
Even tho I specify a single geometry column to be exported I get
warnings that column names have been truncated.

DBF files can only have a maximum of 11 character column names. You probably have some that are longer. You can work around this problem by using a query at the end of the commandline like:

'select col1, col2, col3whichisverylong as col3, ... the_geom from p_id.image'

Command prompt also informs me that "No prj file will be generated"
Also a warning 'cannot determine spatial reference". I thought the
default was -1?

-1 is the default and it means that you have not defined a projection so it can not create a .prj file. It is generally a good idea to always define a projection for your data.

-Steve W

I also get messages-
"Done (postgis major version: 1)
Output shape: Polyline
Dumping: xx [8 rows]"
What am I doing wrong???
Bob



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