Hi Alex,
There was another post a few days ago asking something similar. From that
it doesn't look like GeoServer can currently do this, though it would
certainly make sense for the filesize reason.
Jonathan
On 7 March 2013 00:31, Alex Leith <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all
>
> If I download a shapefile using a link like this: WFS export link
> <
> http://maps.gcc.tas.gov.au:8080/geoserver/GCC_cc/ows?service=WFS&version=1.0.0&request=GetFeature&typeName=GCC_cc%3ABuildings&maxfeatures=50&outputformat=SHAPE-ZIP
> >
> the resulting shapefile has a huge DBF file associated with it. This is due
> to white space padding for 255 length char fields.
>
> Is this an issue that only I am having, or is it a GeoServer problem? I can
> export the same file using org2ogr on the server, and it results in a
> shapefile with char field lengths which are the same as the PostGIS table
> backing it.
>
> Regards,
>
> Alex
>
>
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