[gdal-dev] OGR FileGDB driver: Failed at creating table ... (General function failure.)

[Hermann Peifer]

Hi again,

Once I am at it, I could also report another issue with the FileGDB driver.

The driver re-projects my test geodatabase from WGS84 to NAD83 without 
any problems, but when trying to re-project to EPSG:3035 (ETRS89/LAEA 
Europe), I end up with a "General function failure", see more details below.

I am not sure what the actual issue is, but a quick Internet search 
suggests that the FileGDB API's "General function failure" might be 
related to problems with understanding the SRS. Maybe OGR's SRS 
definition is not "ESRI-friendly" enough when trying to create the 
geodatabase(?). According to my experience, the classic problem with the 
LAEA projection is the parameter name: "Central_Meridian"(ESRI) versus 
"longitude_of_center" (GDAL/OGR).

Would it be worth filing a ticket?

Hermann



$ ogrinfo -al -so out.gdb
INFO: Open of `out.gdb'
       using driver `FileGDB' successful.

Layer name: eea_1Kgrid
Geometry: Multi Polygon
Feature Count: 9
Extent: (-17.000000, 28.000000) - (-17.000000, 28.000000)
Layer SRS WKT:
GEOGCS["WGS 84",
     DATUM["WGS_1984",
         SPHEROID["WGS 84",6378137,298.257223563,
             AUTHORITY["EPSG","7030"]],
         AUTHORITY["EPSG","6326"]],
     PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,
         AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],
     UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,
         AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],
     AUTHORITY["EPSG","4326"]]
FID Column = OBJECTID
Geometry Column = SHAPE
CELLCODE: String (0.0)
Shape_Length: Real (0.0)
Shape_Area: Real (0.0)
$
$
$ ogr2ogr -f filegdb out_4269.gdb out.gdb -t_srs epsg:4269
$ ogrinfo -al -so out_4269.gdb
INFO: Open of `out_4269.gdb'
       using driver `FileGDB' successful.

Layer name: eea_1Kgrid
Geometry: Multi Polygon
Feature Count: 9
Extent: (-17.000000, 28.000000) - (-17.000000, 28.000000)
Layer SRS WKT:
GEOGCS["NAD83",
     DATUM["North_American_Datum_1983",
         SPHEROID["GRS 1980",6378137,298.257222101,
             AUTHORITY["EPSG","7019"]],
         TOWGS84[0,0,0,0,0,0,0],
         AUTHORITY["EPSG","6269"]],
     PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,
         AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],
     UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,
         AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],
     AUTHORITY["EPSG","4269"]]
FID Column = OBJECTID
Geometry Column = SHAPE
CELLCODE: String (0.0)
Shape_Length: Real (0.0)
Shape_Area: Real (0.0)
$
$ ogr2ogr -f filegdb out_3035.gdb out.gdb -t_srs epsg:3035
ERROR 1: Error: Failed at creating table for \eea_1Kgrid (General 
function failure.)
ERROR 1: Terminating translation prematurely after failed
translation of layer eea_1Kgrid (use -skipfailures to skip errors)