Hi
I have a shapefile and attributes in a dbf file. The dbf has two columns
where the first ten characters of the column names are identical. The dbf
driver appears to only consider the first ten letters of the name and so
v.in.ogr fails reporting that two columns have the same name. Is there a w
On Jan 11, 2008 10:42 AM, Craig Leat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> BTW the dbf is too big (94,000 rows) to load into OpenOffice Calc.
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How about OpenOfice Base? It appears to open dBase files. I don'f have
a dbf file here to test it but the web page says it does.
Daniel
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On Jan 11, 2008 5:42 AM, Craig Leat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Hi
>
> I have a shapefile and attributes in a dbf file. The dbf has two columns
> where the first ten characters of the column names are identical. The dbf
> driver appears to only consider the first ten letters of the name and so
>
>there are already several bug reports about problems (bad experiences) with the
>10 characters limit in dbf. A simple solution is to use sqlite instead.
>Regards,
> Otto
And even if you aren't an sqlite guru, you just have to install it on your
system and use the
gui-based sqlitebrowser, which
Wow! Lots of advice flooding in. Thanks to all.
v.in.ogr Still fails to import the dbf even if sqlite is my internal
database. I solved the problem by using the cnames option to v.in.ogr.
Regards
Craig
Patton, Eric wrote:
there are already several bug reports about problems (bad experience
Hi,
2008/1/11, Craig Leat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> I have a shapefile and attributes in a dbf file. The dbf has two columns
> where the first ten characters of the column names are identical. The dbf
> driver appears to only consider the first ten letters of the name and so
> v.in.ogr fails reporti
Hi Craig,
there are already several bug reports about problems (bad experiences) with the
10 characters limit in dbf. A simple solution is to use sqlite instead.
Regards,
Otto
On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 06:04:05 -0700
"Richard Greenwood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Jan 11, 2008 5:42 AM, Craig Lea