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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>I’m trying to dump some tables out of
MS SQL Server 2000 using a vrt file. The sql query includes a text field that
could contain a large amount of characters.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Here’s my VRT file:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><OGRVRTDataSource><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB> <OGRVRTLayer
name="Layer1"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>
<SrcDataSource>MyDSN</SrcDataSource><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>
<SrcSQL>EXEC MySP</SrcSQL><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>
<FID>ID</FID><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>
<GeometryType>wkbPoint</GeometryType><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>
<LayerSRS>WGS84</LayerSRS><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>
<GeometryField encoding="PointFromColumns" y="Latitude"
x="Longitude"/><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB> </OGRVRTLayer><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB></OGRVRTDataSource><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>I’m using org2ogr to produce a
shapefile and it’s all working fine. However, when I open the DBF file in
Excel I see that the text field has been truncated at exactly 80 characters. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>I’m guessing that it’s doing
this by default because no explicit value has been set for the text field
length.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>How can I specify a length for a text
(string) field for my shp file when dumping out via ogr2ogr and a vrt file as
above?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Steve<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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