OGR2OGR - Postgre import with -nlt flag set to NONE doesn't create a record in geometry_columns anymore

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The following command has different results in different versions of the driver: ogr2ogr -f "PostgreSQL" %CS% "test.tab" -nlt NONE -nln test_table where:

• test.tab is a MapInfo file containing a non-spatial layer (just a regular table)
• CS="PG:host='localhost' port='54321' dbname='test_ogr' user='test_ogr' password='test_ogr'"

In GDAL 1.7.1, released 2010/02/08, a record is inserted in geometry_columns. But in both in:

• GDAL 1.8.0, released 2011/01/12
• GDAL 1.9dev, released 2011/01/18

no record is inserted.

This makes it difficult to use OGR2OGR to update/append non-spatial objects. The driver looks for a record in geometry_columns to choose between a create statement (if no record) or an update statement (if record exists) - with the behaviour of driver >= 1.8, it attempts a create on an existing table and thus fails the ogr2ogr statement.

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Windows script to reproduce behaviour

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Script log on 1.7.1

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Script log on 1.9dev

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Script log on 1.8

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Zip of the non-spatial MapInfo file used