[gdal-dev] ogr2ogr with append fails to convert truncated fields

[Chaitanya kumar CH]

A simple temporary fix is to use the -sql option and use the AS keyword to
set the alias of the original field name into the truncated name.


On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 1:27 AM, Tamas Szekeres <szekerest at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> 2013/3/1 Even Rouault <even.rouault at mines-paris.org>
>
>>
>> There's even a 4th option that doesn't require any code change. Create a
>> OGR
>> VRT file that renames the source fields to the truncated shapefile field
>> names (or
>> the reverse : creates a OGR VRT that renames the truncated shapefile
>> field names
>> to the original field names, since OGR VRT now supports since a few
>> versions
>> CreateFeature())
>>
>
>
> This may probably work, but doesn't seem to be very user friendly.
> Actually I would prefer to include at least a flag to indicate that ogr2ogr
> should provide mapping the fields in the same order (don't lookup field
> index by name) for example:
>
> ogr2ogr -append -f "ESRI Shapefile" -nofieldreorder destination.shp
>  [source]
>
> or with the previous fieldmap approach
>
> ogr2ogr -append -f "ESRI Shapefile" -fieldmap "default" destination.shp
>  [source]
>
> Best regards,
>
> Tamas
>
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