[postgis-users] pgsql2shp change fields name with size bigger than 10.

[Frank Koormann]

* Andre Cruvinel Resende <andrecruvinel at yahoo.com.br> [051104 13:54]:
> Hello postgis users...
> 
> The comand pgsql2shp now give a warning telling the new
> name of fields that the original name are bigger than 10
> caracters.
> 
> It?s possible to export my shapefiles mantaining the
> original names that are bigger than 10 carcaters?

This is not sensible: The shapefile format uses a dbase (.dbf) file
to store the geo-objects attributes. dbase can only store 10 characters 
as field names. 

Regards,

        Frank

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