[gdal-dev] ogr2ogr problem with DECIMAL big int columns

[Luca Sigfrido Percich]

Even,

thank you very much for you explanation, which is clear and complete as
usual. I understand. The -fieldTypeToString workaround will be fine for
me until further OGR development or implementation of the rfc.

All the best

Sig

Il giorno gio, 13/10/2011 alle 21.36 +0200, Even Rouault ha scritto:

> Yes the lack of support for big integers is a well known problem. A
> RFC on that subject has been prepared some time a go
> ( http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/rfc31_ogr_64 ) but has not been
> adopted nor implemented yet.
> 
> Remember that ogr2ogr never does direct translation from one format to
> another one, but uses the OGR data model as a pivot representation. So
> even when 2 formats support a concept, but OGR does not, you cannot
> expect miracles from ogr2ogr.
> 
> >