[GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #2584: Vectors skipping columns (character limit !!!) while exporting to OGR data

[Newcomb, Doug]

Sajid,
The shape file format has a 10 character limit on field name length.  The
smallest field name I see above is 11. see,
http://webhelp.esri.com/arcgisdesktop/9.3/index.cfm?TopicName=Geoprocessing%20considerations%20for%20shapefile%20output

Doug

On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 12:13 PM, GRASS GIS <trac at osgeo.org> wrote:

> #2584: Vectors skipping columns (character limit !!!) while exporting to
> OGR data
>
> ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
>  Reporter:  spareeth        |       Owner:  grass-dev@…
>      Type:  defect          |      Status:  new
>  Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  7.0.0
> Component:  LibVector       |     Version:  svn-trunk
>  Keywords:  OGR, shapefile  |    Platform:  Linux
>       Cpu:  Unspecified     |
>
> ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
>  Hi
>  I am trying to export a vector data with many columns to shape format. But
>  it seems it is avoiding all the columns with greater than 10 characters
>  (from the pattern, not sure). Tried in GRASS 6.4.5, GRASS 7.0 svn and
>  GRASS 7.1 svn, giving the same error.
>
>  Please find attached the packed vector layer which i tried.
>
>  {{{
>  v.out.ogr input=test output=test_output.shp
>  }}}
>  gives me following error, but finishes the job with remaining columns.
>
>
>  {{{
>  ERROR 6: Failed to add field named 'int_minimum'
>  ERROR 6: Failed to add field named 'int_maximum'
>  ERROR 6: Failed to add field named 'int_average'
>  ERROR 6: Failed to add field named 'int_variance'
>  ERROR 6: Failed to add field named 'int_coeff_var'
>  ERROR 6: Failed to add field named 'int_first_quartile'
>  ERROR 6: Failed to add field named 'int_third_quartile'
>  ERROR 6: Failed to add field named 'int_percentile_90'
>  }}}
>
>  Regards
>
>  Sajid
>
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