[QGIS-trac] Re: [Quantum GIS] #2629: fTools fail to rename duplicated field names if they are 10 char long

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#2629: fTools fail to rename duplicated field names if they are 10 char long
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        Reporter:  borysiasty                        |         Owner:  cfarmer                        
            Type:  bug                               |        Status:  new                            
        Priority:  major: does not work as expected  |     Milestone:  Version 1.5.0                  
       Component:  Python plugins and bindings       |       Version:  HEAD                           
      Resolution:                                    |      Keywords:  fTools rename common field name
Platform_version:                                    |      Platform:  All                            
        Must_fix:  No                                |   Status_info:  0                              
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Comment (by alexbruy):

 This is not an fTools issue, this is limitation of ESRI Shapefile format
 (exactly DBF format). Field name must be <= 10 characters.

 Here is patch to add some warnings to the "Join by attributes" and
 "Spatial join" tools

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/ticket/2629#comment:3>
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