[QGIS-trac] Re: [Quantum GIS] #3137: Save as shapefile fails if field names are longer than 10 characters

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#3137: Save as shapefile fails if field names are longer than 10 characters
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   Reporter:  pcav                              |              Owner:  nobody       
       Type:  bug                               |             Status:  new          
   Priority:  major: does not work as expected  |          Milestone:  Version 1.6.0
  Component:  Data Provider                     |            Version:               
   Keywords:                                    |   Platform_version:               
   Platform:  All                               |           Must_fix:  No           
Status_info:  0                                 |  
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Comment(by pcav):

 I mean: the lack of a proper truncation method, adding a serial in case of
 too long field names, may be a limitation of OGR.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/ticket/3137#comment:3>
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