[Gdal-dev] SetField & GetExtents Query

[Frank Warmerdam]

Bryan Keith wrote:
> Ben Crane wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm having a great time with the PHP OGR library but
>> have 2 questions:
>>
>> 1. I have used the SetField command and updated
>> browser view, but how do I actually save this
>> information into the core SHP files? I have tried
>> CommitTransaction but seems to have no joy? I need to
>> be able to update the core SHP file since it will be
>> opened and used by others after the update.
> 
> Ben,
> 
> I don't use PHP, but in Python it's necessary to call Layer.Destroy() to 
> get the changes you made to be saved to the shapefile.

Bryan / Ben,

I believe you need to ensure the *datasource* gets closed, which
can be done by invoking it's destroy method in Python.  Please
do *not* destroy layer's as they are owned by the datasource.

Best regards,
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