[GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS GIS] #792: dbf driver: wrong column data type

GRASS GIS trac at osgeo.org
Mon Oct 19 02:33:43 EDT 2009


#792: dbf driver: wrong column data type
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  Reporter:  martinl      |       Owner:  grass-dev at lists.osgeo.org
      Type:  defect       |      Status:  new                      
  Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  7.0.0                    
 Component:  Database     |     Version:  svn-trunk                
Resolution:               |    Keywords:  data type                
  Platform:  Unspecified  |         Cpu:  Unspecified              
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Comment (by martinl):

 Replying to [comment:6 hamish]:
 > Replying to [comment:5 hamish]:
 > > could you post here which DBF from the nc_ dataset you are using for
 tests?
 {{{
 > $ dbview -e grassdata/nc_spm_08/PERMANENT/dbf/geology.dbf  | head
 >
 > Field Name      Type    Length  Decimal Pos
 > cat               N        11       0
 > onemap pro        N        20       6
 > Perimeter         N        20       6
 > Geol250           N        11       0
 > Geol250 id        N        11       0
 > Geo name          C         6       0
 > Shape area        N        20       6
 > Shape len         N        20       6
 }}}

 Problem are not the data, but the bug in OGR. If you use OGR for reading
 dbf, 'cat' is detected as 'double precision', same for PostGIS layer
 connected by OGR driver, etc.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/792#comment:8>
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