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I have imported a shp file using PostGIS shapefile loader plugin for pgAdmin3. The geometry type of the table created is MultiPolygon. I have cross checked the same using the following query.

SELECT COUNT(*) FROM data WHERE GeometryType(the_geom)<>'MULTIPOLYGON';

The output is 0 here. But when I uploaded this table in GeoServer, in layer preview the output is showing

ERROR: geometry contains non-closed rings.

I again went back to PostGIS and used the following query:

SELECT COUNT(*) FROM data WHERE isClosed(the_geom) = FALSE;

Surprisingly the output is 0 again. Can anybody please explain me what is going wrong here? And how can I overcome this error? Thanks in advance.

N.B.: I am using PostgreSQl 8.4.8, PostGIS 1.5.2 and GeoServer 2.1.1

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try a query with ST_IsValidReason: postgis.refractions.net/documentation/manual-1.5/… – atlefren May 23 '12 at 14:19
It returns ERROR: POSTGIS2GEOS conversion failed. NOTICE: IllegalArgumentException: Points of LinearRing do not form a closed linestring. I have tried with ST_IsValid function. It returns a few records, but can't understand what the problem is? – thelastray May 25 '12 at 9:52

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