Stacy, This should help: http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/browser/trunk/autotest/ogr/ogr_shape.py#L1384
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 8:25 AM, Livingstone <stakk_...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm using Python to do some work with shape files, with GDAL/OGR, although > I > am not particularly experienced in GIS programming (so I apologise for any > incorrect terminology, etc.). What I need to do is retrieve the list of > field names in the shape file; fields can be queried by name or row number, > surely the field names can be listed? (Then I can query the field given > that > I know the field name)... > > I have searched the documentation quite thoroughly with no luck.. Perhaps > my > terminology is incorrect? Using QGIS to bring up the attribute table shows > (for example): > ID Street_Add Road_Locat Title > 1 143 1 Lake Place Ilam Smith, C. J. > 2 144 3 Tower Road Riccarton Townshend, P. > 3 145 7 Lake Place Ilam Morrison, J. > 4 146 9 Harper Court Ilam Doe, J. > 5 147 11 Tower Road South Ricc Black, F. > > I need to find what field names are available; e.g. ID, Street_Add, > Road_Locat, Title... > > Thanks in advance, > Stacy > -- > View this message in context: > http://n2.nabble.com/Querying-Field-Names-tp4636867p4636867.html > Sent from the GDAL - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > _______________________________________________ > gdal-dev mailing list > gdal-dev@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/gdal-dev > -- Best regards, Chaitanya kumar CH. /tʃaɪθənjə/ /kʊmɑr/ +91-9848167848 17.241582N 80.142635E
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