Shapefile field problem

[Abe Gillespie]

I certainly will as soon as I have the chance.  I'm working on getting
this project out the door so I don't have much time right now.  I've
encountered "problematic" fields in the past where when MapServer
encounters a problematic field it drops it and any fields after it.
What I have done is just deleted fields that gave me problems and then
the other "good" fields would show up.  I thought it had to do with
NULLs in these fields.  Now one of the problematic fields is one I need
to *use* ... so I can't exactly delete it.  I can attach the files if
so desired.  Is it ok to simply attach files and post to the group?

Are there any tools I can use to check the integrity of a shapefile
(and the shapes / records within said file)?

Thanks.
-Abe

On Dec 2, 2004, at 11:05 AM, Frank Warmerdam wrote:

> On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 11:19:01 -0500, Abe Gillespie <agillesp at vt.edu>
> wrote:
>> I used ogrinfo and it shows all the fields just fine.  Specifically
>> I'm
>> trying to get a roads layer to work.  I need to use the NAME field for
>> labeling and querying.  But MapServer doesn't seem to recognize this
>> field (or any other fields past NAME).  Oh, also, this is my MapServer
>> configuration:
>>
>> MapServer version 4.2.0 OUTPUT=GIF OUTPUT=PNG OUTPUT=WBMP
>> SUPPORTS=FREETYPE INPUT=TIFF INPUT=EPPL7 INPUT=JPEG INPUT=SHAPEFILE
>
> Abe,
>
> I don't know what is going wrong, but if you are keen to get a fix
> I would encourage you to try and reproduce the problem with 4.4,
> and if "successful" to report a detailed bug report along with
> the file, and everything needed to reproduce the problem.  Also
> note the actual binaries you downloaded that resulted in the problem.
>
> I'm quite surprised by the problem you are encountering, but it doesn't
> sounds like it is really in my area.  Hopefully Steve will pick up on
> it.
>
> Best regards,
>
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