Hi Markus,

I wrote that I used the -c flag, but in fact it was the -s flag (my error, 
sorry), please see here the complete command and message:

v.out.ogr -s --overwrite input=gmarest@lwk_work type=line output=d:/testout.dgn 
format=DGN dsco=seed=d:/a-scratch/seed/lwk_seed.dgn
ERROR 6: CreateField() not supported by this layer.
ERROR: Unable to create column <level>

important to see: the error message says that it cannot create the "level" 
column, which is an inherent part of the DGN format. It is NOT a user defined 
field. AND: that column could be written without problems in 7.0.3.
As far as I can see, there are changes in GDAL/OGR DGN driver in the way that 
they can also handle DGN V8 now. Maybe it has to do with those changes. But how 
can I figure that out? Maybe I can ask the friend named Frank Warmerdam who 
seems to be involved?


Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
UWE FISCHER


-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Markus Neteler [mailto:[email protected]] 
Gesendet: Sonntag, 11. April 2021 08:25
An: Uwe Fischer <[email protected]>
Cc: GRASS user list <[email protected]>
Betreff: Re: [GRASS-user] v.select incredibly slow

Hello Uwe,

On Wed, Apr 7, 2021 at 7:33 PM Uwe Fischer <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hello list, hello Markus,
>
> it looks like I have the first issue with my update trials from GRASS 
> 7.0.3 to 7.8.5. The following snippet worked fine in 7.0.3
> (goal: to write out MicroStation CAD DGN-files from GRASS using a seedfile, 
> which is just a template):
>
> v.out.ogr input=gmarest@lwk_work type=line output=d:/testout.dgn 
> format=DGN dsco=seed=d:/a-scratch/seed/lwk_seed.dgn
>
> But in 7.8.5, I get:
>
> ERROR 6: CreateField() not supported by this layer.
> ERROR: Unable to create column <level>

The "ERROR 6" indicates that it is a GDAL/OGR error, not a GRASS GIS error (for 
the export we make use of GDAL, hence "outsource" the creation of the desired 
format).

I found this in the internet:
 https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/gdal-dev/2006-February/008089.html
which is exactly the same error message:

Frank Warmerdam, Feb 28 15:12:15 EST 2006:
> The CreateField() messages are expected with DGN output.  The DGN 
> format has a fixed schema and doesn't support user defined fields.

> I also set the –c flag to prevent GRASS from creating the CAT column 
> since DGN only allows for certain columns, eg. LEVEL. But those cols were 
> created without problems in the old version, so that cannot be the problem.

Note that, to prevent GRASS from creating the CAT column -c should be -s:

https://grass.osgeo.org/grass78/manuals/v.out.ogr.html
-s Skip export of GRASS category ID ('cat') attribute

HTH,
Markus

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