[GRASS-user] v.in.ogr fails on dbf with long column names

[Patton, Eric]

>there are already several bug reports about problems (bad experiences) with the
>10 characters limit in dbf. A simple solution is to use sqlite instead.

>Regards,
> Otto

And even if you aren't an sqlite guru, you just have to install it on your system and use the 
gui-based sqlitebrowser, which provides a handy interface to the most commonly-used database 
functionality:

http://sqlitebrowser.sourceforge.net/index.html

~ Eric.