[Gdal-dev] ogr2ogr shapefile field types (VRT)

[Jesse Cleary]

Hi folks -

Please disregard this question, I just figured it out.  Including a 
*.csvt file with field types specified does the trick, even through the 
VRT method.  Sorry...

Jesse



Jesse Cleary wrote:
> Hi folks
>
> I'm using ogr2ogr to convert a CSV file with all numeric values to a 
> shapefile (VRT method).  Is there a way to control the resulting field 
> types in the subsequent dbf?  Inclusion in the VRT file or editing the 
> DBF afterwards?  All of my fields now come out as type string, which 
> limits some easy viz options (symbol rotation for example) for some of 
> our desktop GIS users.  Not a show stopper by any means, but a 
> preemptive fix would be great.  Using GDAL 1.3.2, thanks!
>
>
> Jesse
>
>

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