[QGIS-trac] [Quantum GIS] #1526: QgsVectorFileWriter() throws error by Postgres columns of type bigint

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#1526: QgsVectorFileWriter() throws error by Postgres columns of type bigint
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   Reporter:  hdus                                       |              Owner:  nobody       
       Type:  bug                                        |             Status:  new          
   Priority:  critical: causes crash or data corruption  |          Milestone:  Version 1.0.1
  Component:  Build/Install                              |            Version:  HEAD         
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   Platform:  Debian                                     |           Must_fix:  No           
Status_info:  0                                          |  
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 The QgsVectorFileWriter()-Method throws an error when a PostGIS-Layer
 contains columns of type bigint. I know that not all vector file formats,
 especially DBF, do support this datatype. A feasible solution could be to
 cast this type to character strings.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/ticket/1526>
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