[gdal-dev] Asking about feature field types of Shape File (SHP) ?

Ari Jolma ari.jolma at gmail.com
Mon Jun 16 08:05:13 PDT 2014


On 06/04/2014 11:45 PM, taibc wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I created the shape file by usinge the feature filed type: OFTInteger.
>
> But when I open the file in Arcgis (ArcCatalog) the data type is: Double
> (not integer).
>
> Do you know how to fix this (I want it is Int) ?

Dear Tai,

This is a bit old email so I'll answer from my head. I believe you need 
to set the length of the Integer field to be short enough. If I remember 
correctly there is a ticket on the issue, but it is deemed as a feature, 
not a bug.

Ari Jolma

>
> Thanks and regards,
> Tai
>
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