Shapefile field problem

[Ethan Alpert]

This is interesting what are the field names? Any of them start with
numbers?

-e

-----Original Message-----
From: UMN MapServer Users List [mailto:MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU] On
Behalf Of Abe Gillespie
Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 9:32 AM
To: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Shapefile field problem


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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