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SHPWrite

Signatures

SHPWrite(VARCHAR path, VARCHAR tableName);
SHPWrite(VARCHAR path, VARCHAR tableName, VARCHAR fileEncoding);

Description

Writes the contents of table tableName to a shapefile located at path. The default value of fileEncoding is ISO-8859-1.

Shapefiles do not support arbitrary geometrical data.

They do not support:

  • POLYGONs (they are automatically converted to MULTIPOLYGONs when exported)
  • NULL Geometries
  • Multiple Geometry types in the same table

Examples

-- Create an example table containing POLYGONs and export it.
CREATE TABLE AREA(THE_GEOM GEOMETRY, ID INT PRIMARY KEY);
INSERT INTO AREA VALUES
    ('POLYGON((-10 109, 90 9, -10 9, -10 109))', 1),
    ('POLYGON((90 109, 190 9, 90 9, 90 109))', 2);
CALL SHPWrite('/home/user/area.shp', 'AREA');

-- Read it back, showing that the driver wrote POLYGONs as
-- MULTIPOLYGONs to be compatible with SHP.
CALL SHPRead('/home/user/area.shp', 'AREA2');
SELECT * FROM AREA2;
-- Answer:
-- |                     THE_GEOM                     | IDAREA |
-- | ------------------------------------------------ | ------ |
-- | MULTIPOLYGON(((-10 109,, 90 9, -10 9, -10 109))) |      1 |
-- | MULTIPOLYGON(((90 109, 190 109, 90 9, 90 109)))  |      2 |
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