Shapefile field problem

[Jeff McKenna]

Frank would know way more about this than me...but are any of the
Shapelib utilities (http://shapelib.maptools.org/) useful for you?
(shpdump, dbfdump)

jeff






Abe Gillespie wrote:
> Nope, all pretty standard like NAME, FULLADDR, etc.  Nothing blatantly
> weird.
>
> -Abe
>
> On Dec 2, 2004, at 11:41 AM, Ethan Alpert wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> 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,
>>>
>>> --
>>> ---------------------------------------
>>> +--------------------------------------
>>> I set the clouds in motion - turn up   | Frank Warmerdam,
>>> warmerdam at pobox.com
>>> light and sound - activate the windows | http://pobox.com/~warmerdam
>>> and watch the world go round - Rush    | Geospatial Programmer for
>>
>> Rent
>>
>>>
>>
>


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Jeff McKenna
GIS Specialist
DM Solutions Group Inc.
http://www.dmsolutions.ca