deagon wrote: > Here is a link to a previous discussion about the following error message: > "Illegal filename. Character not allowed." > > http://osgeo-org.1803224.n2.nabble.com/List-of-illegal-characters-for-filenames-td5669950.html#a5671015 > http://osgeo-org.1803224.n2.nabble.com/List-of-illegal-characters-for-filenames-td5669950.html#a5671015 > > > Do these rules also apply to field names in attribute tables?
Database column and table names are limited by the SQL standard, as well as the particular database back-end. > I ask b/c I > get an error with the following filenames, which appear to conform with the > rules (as underscores are permitted): > > My input vector layer = "Forest_District" > My output vector map = "Forest_District" > > I have yet to succeed in opening a single shapefile in GRASS. I believe that the DBF driver limits column names to 10 characters. I don't know whether that also applies to table names. -- Glynn Clements <gl...@gclements.plus.com> _______________________________________________ grass-user mailing list grass-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user
