[gdal-dev] Bug in SetField

[Frank Warmerdam]

On 11-02-24 11:56 AM, Mohammed Rashad wrote:
> my code
> field - fieldname is of string type and 0th field
>
> poFeature->SetField("fieldname","value");
>
>
> poFeature->GetFieldAsString(0);
> returns  v instead of value;
>
> I dont know is it bug or my problem
>
> but I opened the shapefile in OpenJUMP and QGIS both shows field names as only
> v instead of value
>
> I am working with shapefiles

Mohammed,

What does the ogrinfo report on the field definitions look?

ie.

ogrinfo -so -al abc.shp

I suspect the field "fieldname" was defined with a width of one.  SetField()
will automatically truncate the value in such a case.

Best regards,
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