I ran into this same problem in ows4 in jdbc land. The jdbc datastore always creates features with the isNillable flag set to true. I tried to set it properly and suffice it to say things blew up.
-Justin Jesse Eichar wrote: > To be clear the FeatureType has Nillable set or not set. In the case > where the AttributeType is set as Not Nillable the createDefault > Value must return a Non-null value. However there is no way to know > what a good value is from the describeFeatureType request. So what > is done now is the WFS has an AttributeType that is Not-Nillable but > the createDefaultValue returns null so it is impossible to create a > feature. > > Jesse > > > > On 16-Jan-07, at 10:58 AM, Andrea Aime wrote: > >> Jesse Eichar ha scritto: >>> Hi All, >>> I'm trying to copy features into Shapefile datastore from a WFS. >>> The WFS creates a FeatureType based on the describeFeature >>> operation which correctly sets the nillable flag on the >>> AttributeTypes. However it doesn't have a way to find a >>> "default" value so createDefaultValue returns null, which is in >>> direct conflict with the FeatureType. >> I don't follow you... if an attribute is nillable, null should be a >> good >> value for it, no? Why look for a default? In database you specify a >> default for columns that are non nillable, yet you may want to avoid >> specify a value. >> >> Isn't the DBF spec that do not allow for a null value? If so, I guess >> the shapefile datastore itself should take care of it somehow, maybe >> morphing the feature type and adding "reasonable" null equivalent? >> >> Cheers >> Andrea > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Geotools-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-devel > > !DSPAM:1004,45ad2779301931365099012! > -- Justin Deoliveira [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Open Planning Project http://topp.openplans.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Geotools-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-devel
