I was more concerned that I would hit some odd corner case that would break the pattern and make the FID harder to track. In my case I know the file name (I just opened it after all) and the FID Number, so I can build up the FIDs as I go along.
Thanks for all your help! Aaron Parks -----Original Message----- From: Andrea Aime [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 2:51 AM To: Parks, Aaron B. Cc: Jody Garnett; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Geotools-gt2-users] FIDs and file name changes Parks, Aaron B. ha scritto: > That's actually what I had been doing previously by creating an > attribute Expression off a field in the DBF and using a bunch of > filter.or(exp) to point at the attribute. However I thought it might > make more sense to use the FIDs since they are unique and it de-clutters > the DBF a bit. > > One last question: In the case of a shape file "service" is the FID > always the form "fileNameNoExt.ID"? Yes, it's always like that. We have no way to tell that your old file xxx became file yyy... Cheers Andrea ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ Geotools-gt2-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-gt2-users
