[QGIS-trac] [Quantum GIS] #2177: OGR converter: CSV export is broken

Wed Dec 2 09:02:47 EST 2009

#2177: OGR converter: CSV export is broken
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   Reporter:  neteler                                    |              Owner:  borysiasty   
       Type:  bug                                        |             Status:  new          
   Priority:  critical: causes crash or data corruption  |          Milestone:  Version 1.4.0
  Component:  Python plugins and bindings                |            Version:  HEAD         
   Keywords:  ogr                                        |   Platform_version:               
   Platform:  All                                        |           Must_fix:  Yes          
Status_info:  0                                          |  
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 In trunk, the conversion of a SHAPE file (points) to CSV fails. It creates
 an empty ASCII file.
 Additionally, the button description is felt to be confusing: "Dataset"
 does not indicate that a directory is meant.

 Second bug: if the "Dataset" directory already exists, the converter fails
 with "Failed to create...". In the shell terminal a message is seen that
 it already exists: it would be important to catch this directory-present
 error and ask the user to suggest a different name.

 "Layer" as button description is also unclear (for CSV): indeed a file
 name is meant.