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Fred


On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 7:51 PM, Aren Cambre <a...@arencambre.com> wrote:

> Did I stump everybody? :-)
>
> Aren
>
>
> On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 3:05 PM, Aren Cambre <a...@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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