[gdal-dev] ogrinfo Unable to identify source geometry field with GDAL 3.7 but not 3.3?

[Gary Turner]

As attached. I've removed some bulky documentation from the 
as-downloaded/supplied zip file.

On 11/07/2023 8:20 pm, Even Rouault wrote:
> Gary,
>
> please provide a VRT and CSV that can reproduce this
>
> Even
>
> Le 11/07/2023 à 03:55, Gary Turner a écrit :
>> Hi,
>> Apologies if this isn't the right place to ask, but I am struggling 
>> to work out what's going on.
>> I'm setting up a new windows machine to process address data provided 
>> by a local agency. I've downloaded new versions of software.
>> I use ogr2ogr to load csv files via a vrt file into postgres. This 
>> works fine with my old setup, and has worked with various older 
>> versions as well.
>> However with the latest ogr2ogr it fails. ogrinfo --version says GDAL 
>> 3.7.0, released 2023/05/02
>>
>> P:\bin\gdal37>.\ogrinfo.exe C:\temp\addresses.vrt
>> INFO: Open of `C:\temp\addresses.vrt'
>>       using driver `OGR_VRT' successful.
>> 1: addressesERROR 1: Unable to identify source geometry field 'WKT' 
>> for geometry.
>>  (None)
>>
>> but with an older version GDAL 3.3.1, released 2021/06/28
>> P:\bin\gdal33>.\ogrinfo.exe C:\temp\addresses.vrt
>> INFO: Open of `C:\temp\addresses.vrt'
>>       using driver `OGR_VRT' successful.
>> 1: addresses (Point)
>>
>> I get the same failure with ogr2ogr, but ogrinfo seemed simpler and 
>> there's a much less complicated command-line.
>> I've cut this down to a one-field, one-line of csv example that does 
>> the same thing, if that's useful.
>>
>> Is this expected?
>> Is there an easy work-around, that would work with both versions?
>> Please let me know if I'm missing something obvious or just being 
>> dumb, or should  ask elsewhere.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Gary
>>
>>
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