[GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #173: v.in.ogr: truncate cnames to first word

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#173: v.in.ogr: truncate cnames to first word
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 Reporter:  hamish       |       Owner:  grass-dev@…              
     Type:  defect       |      Status:  new                      
 Priority:  minor        |   Milestone:  6.4.0                    
Component:  Default      |     Version:  unspecified              
 Keywords:  v.in.ogr     |    Platform:  Unspecified              
      Cpu:  Unspecified  |  
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Changes (by mmetz):

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  * cpu:  => Unspecified


Comment:

 Replying to [ticket:173 hamish]:
 > If you (ahem) don't read the instructions properly and with v.in.ogr's
 cnames= option provide column types with the new names it gets added into
 the vector's dbln file as an extra word, corrupting it. (it writes "cat
 integer" as the key column, but then after reads DB filename as the third
 word in the dbln file, which is "integer" not $GISDBASE/...)
 >
 > then you can't do much (even remove the vector) without fixing the dbln
 file.
 >
 >
 > to protect against that...
 >
 > v.in.ogr line 270:
 {{{
      ncnames = 0;
      if ( cnames_opt->answers ) {
         i = 0;
         while ( cnames_opt->answers[i++] ) {
             ncnames++;
         }
      }
 }}}
 >
 >
 > in that loop add some sort of
 >   strchrnul(cnames_opt->answers[i-1], ' ') = '\0';
 >
 Fixed in trunk r52812 by adding G_strip() followed by G_strchg(). Works
 for me now. To be backported.

 Markus M

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