#792: dbf driver: wrong column data type
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Reporter: martinl | Owner: [email protected]
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: 7.0.0
Component: Database | Version: svn-trunk
Resolution: | Keywords: data type
Platform: Unspecified | Cpu: Unspecified
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Comment (by martinl):
Replying to [comment:6 hamish]:
> Replying to [comment:5 hamish]:
> > could you post here which DBF from the nc_ dataset you are using for
tests?
{{{
> $ dbview -e grassdata/nc_spm_08/PERMANENT/dbf/geology.dbf | head
>
> Field Name Type Length Decimal Pos
> cat N 11 0
> onemap pro N 20 6
> Perimeter N 20 6
> Geol250 N 11 0
> Geol250 id N 11 0
> Geo name C 6 0
> Shape area N 20 6
> Shape len N 20 6
}}}
Problem are not the data, but the bug in OGR. If you use OGR for reading
dbf, 'cat' is detected as 'double precision', same for PostGIS layer
connected by OGR driver, etc.
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Ticket URL: <http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/792#comment:8>
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