Shapefile field problem

[Abe Gillespie]

Like I said, I used ogrinfo and everything looked fine there.  I assume
the other tools use the same libraries so I don't expect to see
anything different (but I also expect MapServer to use the same
libraries too, so it's weird it's having problems).  But I will try it
in a little bit and get back.

Thanks.
-Abe

On Dec 2, 2004, at 12:15 PM, Jeff McKenna wrote:

> 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)
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> jeff
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> 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,
>>>>
>>>> --
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>>>> +--------------------------------------
>>>> 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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