On 25/03/10 16:57, Glynn Clements wrote:
As you know, vector map names are further restricted to valid SQL identifiers. Personally, I'd like to see that restriction removed. There's no fundamental reason why a map's attribute table must have *exactly* the same name as the map; an approximation (e.g. with invalid characters replaced by underscores) would suffice, IMHO.
Even today, there is not obligation for the attribute table to have the same name as the map as you can link the map to any table you want. Radim, correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that the fact that currently this restriction is imposed for new map creation was just coded as a convenience to not have to check and, if necessary, transform the name of the table, but I imagine that it would not be too complicated to replace all offending characters with an underscore or something similar.
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