[gdal-dev] RFC 35: Delete, reorder and alter field definitions of OGR layers - Call for discussion

[Martin Dobias]

Hi Even

On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 7:16 PM, Even Rouault
<even.rouault at mines-paris.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've written a new RFC to add the capability to delete fields, reorder fields
> and alter field definitions, in OGR layer definitions.
>
>        http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/rfc35_deletereorderalterfielddefn

Thanks a lot for creating the RFC.

I have just two comments:
- is the alternation of hte field definition going to have some rules
how the existing data should be converted to the new type or will the
driver itself choose how to convert the data? The latter option is
surely the easier one, but it would be probably good to guarantee at
least some expected conversions: int <-> text, float <-> text, round
the number when lowering precision etc.
- what is actually the motivation behind reordering of the fields? Is
that just for aesthetical reasons? (e.g. zip code should be next to
the city name)

Regards
Martin