Thread: BUG #3339: postgis astext() function returns broken string through ODBC

The following bug has been logged online:

Bug reference:      3339
Logged by:          Dorofeev A.V.
Email address:      Megadrofan@yandex.ru
PostgreSQL version: v8.2.4
Operating system:   M$ Windows XP
Description:        postgis astext() function returns broken string through
ODBC
Details:

This bug appears when i`m trying to represent as text binary geometry field
in postgis if the geometry is huge(200-300 vertexses) but it isn`t a postgis
bug  because when i`m trying to view data in comand line trough psql (psql
-f test.sql -d postis) the geometry string is OK. But when i`m trying to
access geometry using ADOB i got a broken string.Test case and dicussion of
this bug on postgis bugtracker
http://postgis.refractions.net/bugs/bug.php?op=show&bugid=151&pos=23

Dorofeev A.V. wrote:
> This bug appears when i`m trying to represent as text binary geometry field
> in postgis if the geometry is huge(200-300 vertexses) but it isn`t a postgis
> bug  because when i`m trying to view data in comand line trough psql (psql
> -f test.sql -d postis) the geometry string is OK. But when i`m trying to
> access geometry using ADOB i got a broken string.Test case and dicussion of
> this bug on postgis bugtracker
> http://postgis.refractions.net/bugs/bug.php?op=show&bugid=151&pos=23

The discussion on the bugtracker suggests that it's a driver issue, as
well as the fact that it works from psql.

What's "a broken string.Test case"? You should ask on the mailing list
for the driver you use, I'm sure the guys over there can be more helpful.

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