> >>> Does anyone know what the restrictions on DBF field > >>> names are? Length? > > > >> 8 chars > > > > Add 2: > > "DBF column names are limited to 10 characters (DBF API definition)" > [1] > > That's really cool, because this says it's 12: > http://www.gdal.org/ogr/drv_shapefile.html > > (And I am pretty sure I saw 13 on some other page .. what a mess)
yeah well, the specification says field names are limited to 10 chars + a null terminator. http://www.clicketyclick.dk/databases/xbase/format/dbf.html there have been a number of variants over the years, so I wouldn't be surprised if somewhere someone at sometime wrote in a 12 char field length, but if that even exists I don't think it is very common or worth worrying about. Probably file a doc bug with GDAL; the OGR shapefile code limits it to 10, http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/browser/trunk/gdal/ogr/ogrsf_frmts/shape/dbfopen.c#L716 > Anyhow, I have stopped working on the diff for v.in.ascii for now as my > impression was that most people on this list would prefer to see the > table-only-creation option added to another module instead. note Markus has added a db.in.ogr module (I don't think that includes v.in.ascii's automatic column scanning, but that scanning code still needs a bit of work) Hamish ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping _______________________________________________ grass-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-dev
