[gdal-dev] Import Shapefile into SQL Server on Ubuntu

Roger André randre at gmail.com
Mon Oct 22 08:33:09 PDT 2018


See if this helps -
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/connect/odbc/linux-mac/installing-the-microsoft-odbc-driver-for-sql-server?view=sql-server-2017
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On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 8:25 AM Peter Marlow <Peter.Marlow at scisys.co.uk>
wrote:

> Hi,
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> I’m trying to import a Shapefile into an SQL Server database using ogr2ogr
> on Ubuntu. The command I’m running looks like:
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> *ogr2ogr -f MSSQLSpatial
> "MSSQL:server=localhost;database=[database-name];username=sa;password=*****;trusted_connection=yes"
> [path-to-shape-file]*
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> It returns an error stating:
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> *ERROR 1: Unable to find driver `MSSQLSpatial'.*
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> Is it possible to get the driver on linux? Or use an alternative driver?
> I’ve had a google and can’t seem to see any workarounds.
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> The docs here (https://www.gdal.org/drv_mssqlspatial.html) talk about
> specifying a *Driver* parameter that could be a custom SQL Server driver,
> however this is in the connection string and not as a parameter for the
> ogr2ogr command.
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> Thanks,
> Pete
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