[gdal-dev] Querying Field Names

[Chaitanya kumar CH]

Stacy,

This should help:
http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/browser/trunk/autotest/ogr/ogr_shape.py#L1384

On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 8:25 AM, Livingstone <stakk_man at hotmail.com> wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> I'm using Python to do some work with shape files, with GDAL/OGR, although
> I
> am not particularly experienced in GIS programming (so I apologise for any
> incorrect terminology, etc.). What I need to do is retrieve the list of
> field names in the shape file; fields can be queried by name or row number,
> surely the field names can be listed? (Then I can query the field given
> that
> I know the field name)...
>
> I have searched the documentation quite thoroughly with no luck.. Perhaps
> my
> terminology is incorrect? Using QGIS to bring up the attribute table shows
> (for example):
>       ID    Street_Add           Road_Locat         Title
> 1    143   1 Lake Place          Ilam                   Smith, C. J.
> 2    144   3 Tower Road         Riccarton           Townshend, P.
> 3    145   7 Lake Place          Ilam                   Morrison, J.
> 4    146   9 Harper Court       Ilam                   Doe, J.
> 5    147   11 Tower Road      South Ricc           Black, F.
>
> I need to find what field names are available; e.g. ID, Street_Add,
> Road_Locat, Title...
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Stacy
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