[GRASS-user] OGR Import Error for shapes with Fieldtype DATE

[Markus Neteler]

On Fri, Jun 30, 2006 at 09:32:38AM +0100, Düster Horst wrote:
> I try to import the attched shape with v.in.ogr but the process breakes with
> the following error message:
> 
> v.in.ogr dsn=/gis_data/natpol.shp output=test min_area=0.0001 snap=-1 
> Projection of input dataset and current location appear to match.
> Proceeding with import...
> Layer: natpol
> 
> Column type not supported (NEW_DATE)
> 
> Column type not supported (ARCHIVE_DA)
> DBMI-DBF driver error:
> Incompatible value type.
> Error in db_execute_immediate()
> 
> 
> The reason of this error seems to be the fields NEW_DATE and ARCHIVE_DA.
> These two fields are of type DATE. The same problem appears with the ogr
> Import functionality og QGIS 0.8. Datatype DATE is an approved type for ESRI
> Shapefiles.
> 
> Is it a known bug? Does exists a suitable workaround?

I have submitted my patch to CVS. Now your file is imported
properly.

Markus

-- 
Markus Neteler  <neteler itc it>  http://mpa.itc.it/markus/
ITC-irst -  Centro per la Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica
MPBA - Predictive Models for Biol. & Environ. Data Analysis
Via Sommarive, 18        -       38050 Povo (Trento), Italy