to many characters in .dbf file?
Hi Roger! <SNIP>
The OGR driver truncates (I think to 254 characters), so use writeSpatialShape() in maptools instead, passing your large number through the max_nchar= argument. Please read the details in ?write.dbf - field widths above 254 are not portable.
writeSpatialShape() worked for me. The file was read by Geoserver with the extra text as well. Thanks! Michael
Roger
Any advice? Thanks in advance, Michael
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