[Gdal-dev] OGR and the version of DBF of its shapefile driver, problem in ArcGIS 8

[Frank Warmerdam]

Ari Jolma wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> I think I've hit this problem with ArcGIS 8.*:
> 
> http://support.esri.com/index.cfm?fa=knowledgebase.techarticles.articleShow&d=21487 
> 
> 
> dbfdump reports that the dbf files that I've created with OGR are 
> version 0x03 and I haven't seen dbf files that are a part of shapefiles, 
> which are of other versions.

Ari,

I checked the dbf specs at:

   http://www.clicketyclick.dk/databases/xbase/format/dbf.html#DBF_STRUCT

It indicates that 0x03 is "File without DBT" whatever that means, but it
is the same dbf version code I found many years ago in ESRI supplied .dbf
files.

> The shapefiles I've created with OGR are readable with ArcView 3.* and 
> if I resave the dbf there, it can be opened with ArcGIS 8.*

It might be instructive if you would provide the before and after .dbf
files for review.

I don't have ArcGIS so it is hard for me to test, but I haven't heard
of much in the way of problems like this.

Best regards,
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