OGR JOIN performance problem on Linux

[Frank Warmerdam]

bartvde at xs4all.nl wrote:
> Hi Frank,
>
> Seems like a silly question, but how do you index shapefiles with ogr? I
> can't seem to find it anywhere.

Bart,

It is covered briefly in the OGR SQL document:

   http://www.remotesensing.org:16080/gdal/ogr/ogr_sql.html

A command like this will do it:

   ogrinfo idlink.dbf -sql 'create index on idlink using eas_id'

Best regards,
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