Message-ID: <b440a3f81003181834t4682e64bt9ac96d4f20c3e203@mail.gmail.com>
Date: 2010-03-19T01:34:38Z
From: Michael Denslow
Subject: to many characters in .dbf file?
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LRH.2.00.1003182024490.19560@reclus.nhh.no>
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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