Opened 16 years ago
Closed 16 years ago
#2299 closed defect (fixed)
error in shapefile docs: DBF field length
Reported by: | hamish | Owned by: | warmerdam |
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Priority: | normal | Milestone: | 1.6.0 |
Component: | Docs | Version: | svn-trunk |
Severity: | normal | Keywords: | |
Cc: |
Description
max DBF field length should be 10, not 12.
see
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gis.grass.devel/26086 http://www.clicketyclick.dk/databases/xbase/format/dbf.html http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/browser/trunk/gdal/ogr/ogrsf_frmts/shape/dbfopen.c#L716
--- drv_shapefile.html_r12546 2008-03-29 01:21:21.000000000 +1300 +++ drv_shapefile.html.mod 2008-03-29 01:22:30.000000000 +1300 @@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ attributes suffer a number of limitations:<P> <ul> -<li> Attribute names can only be up to 12 characters long. Longer names will +<li> Attribute names can only be up to 10 characters long. Longer names will be silently truncated. This may result in non-unique column names, which will definately cause problems later. <p>
Hamish
Change History (2)
comment:1 by , 16 years ago
comment:2 by , 16 years ago
Milestone: | → 1.6.0 |
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Resolution: | → fixed |
Status: | new → closed |
Thanks, fixed in r14104
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oh, and spelling two lines later,
s/definately/definitely/
Hamish