Nicolas, Despite the hint provided in the error message, field type 9 is actually OFTDate. So the problem is that your shapefile has a date field, but the mapinfo code does not know how to create this field type.
I am under the impression this has actually been fixed very recently. So if you are using a version other than GDAL/OGR 1.6.0 (beta or RC) then consider upgrading. If that still does not help, consider using the facilities provided by RFC 21 to use SQL to cast the field to a string (also only in GDAL 1.6 I believe). http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/rfc21_ogrsqlcast Best regards, On 12/4/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > GDAL list, > > I have a shapefile "C:\DATA\asris_shp\QLD_COMBINEDSOILS_lyr.shp" > that I want to convert into a mapinfo file > "C:\DATA\asris_mi\QLD_COMBINEDSOILS_lyr.TAB" > > The command I used was; > > ogr2ogr -f "MapInfo File" C:\DATA\asris_mi\QLD_COMBINEDSOILS_lyr.TAB > C:\DATA\asris_shp\QLD_COMBINEDSOILS_lyr.shp > > The resulting error is; > > ERROR 1: IMapInfoFile::CreateField() called with unsupported field type 9. > Note that MapInfo files don't support list field types. > > I don't know what has gone wrong. > > All the fields in the shapefile are text and numeric (double) > > Regards, > nick > > > *********************************************************************** > WARNING: This e-mail (including any attachments) may contain legally > privileged, confidential or private information and may be protected by > copyright. You may only use it if you are the person(s) it was intended > to be sent to and if you use it in an authorised way. No one is > allowed to use, review, alter, transmit, disclose, distribute, print > or copy this e-mail without appropriate authority. > > If this e-mail was not intended for you and was sent to you by mistake, > please telephone or e-mail me immediately, destroy any hardcopies of > this e-mail and delete it and any copies of it from your computer > system. Any right which the sender may have under copyright law, and > any legal privilege and confidentiality attached to this e-mail is not > waived or destroyed by that mistake. > > It is your responsibility to ensure that this e-mail does not contain > and is not affected by computer viruses, defects or interference by > third parties or replication problems (including incompatibility with > your computer system). > > Opinions contained in this e-mail do not necessarily reflect the > opinions of the Queensland Department of Main Roads, Queensland > Transport or Maritime Safety Queensland, or endorsed organisations > utilising the same infrastructure. > *********************************************************************** > > _______________________________________________ > gdal-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/gdal-dev > -- ---------------------------------------+-------------------------------------- I set the clouds in motion - turn up | Frank Warmerdam, [EMAIL PROTECTED] light and sound - activate the windows | http://pobox.com/~warmerdam and watch the world go round - Rush | Geospatial Programmer for Rent _______________________________________________ gdal-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/gdal-dev
