[gdal-dev] Field width when converting MID-MIF to SHP

[Zoltan Szecsei]

Hi OGRers,
(Would that be pronounced "ogres" ?  :-)  )

I need to create _a lot_ of blank SHP files with schemas that I 
currently have in CSV files.

(For me) the easiest way is to create a script that reads the CSV files 
and generates  empty (geometry wise) Mapinfo MID-MIF filesets.
I then use ogr2ogr to batch convert these into empty shapefiles that 
have the correct attribute schema.

But!

In the MIF file I can say "character 36", or Decimal 6,0 or Real.
Can I get any reassurance that the resulting DBF file will contain the 
36 char length character field?
If I look at the table schema in QGIS, I do not know how wide the 
attribute field is.

Likewise for integer and real data types, I need to also nail down the 
field widths.

Thanks in advance,
Zoltan


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