+1 2009/12/22 Simon Cropper (Botanicus Australia Pty Ltd) < [email protected]>
> Hi, > > This is another - "it would be better" issues. > > When you join two tables and then export the shapefile to "hard code" > the information so to speak. Despite having unique names the resulting > attribute table to the exported shapefile has "j_" in front of all the > field names. This is frustrating because if you have a field name, like > I did, Active2005, Active2007 and Active2009 once this prefix is added > the resulting table has tree fields called "J_ACTIVE20" as the fields > are truncated to 10 characters. > > I suppose I could understand this behaviour if you have duplicate fields > in the original joined table (i.e. the use of a prefix) but the creation > of a table that has duplicate field names is a violation of the rules > around DBFs (i.e. you can't have two fields the same). > > The export facility should review the output file's attribute table > names and confirm that duplicate names have not been generated. > > Personally, I think that if you have a joined table and no fields have > the same name then the exported table should just be a reflection of > this - i.e. the "J_" should not be inserted. > -- > > Cheers Simon > > Simon Cropper > Botanicus Australia Pty Ltd > PO Box 160, Sunshine, Victoria 3020. > P: 9311 5822. M: 041 830 3437. > mailto: [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > web: www.botanicusaustralia.com.au <http://www.botanicusaustralia.com.au> > > _______________________________________________ > Gvsig_internacional mailing list > [email protected] > http://listserv.gva.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gvsig_internacional > -- Juan Ignacio Varela García (Nacho Uve) Coordinador Grupo de Desarrollo Cartolab - Laboratorio de Ingeniería Cartográfica http://www.cartolab.es ETS Ingeniería de Caminos, Canales y Puertos Universidade da Coruña Campus de Elviña - 15071 A Coruña (España) (34)981167000 ext. 5493
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