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Shapefile writer shortens field names automatically during export

Open Claudia-WE opened this issue 2 years ago • 2 comments

See shape file fields defined (HaleStudio in Screenshot) and short version of field names (QGIS in screenshot) image

Claudia-WE avatar Jul 01 '22 15:07 Claudia-WE

Field names for shapefiles and dBASE tables can be no more than 10 characters in length. But the shortening starts already with fieldname of 8 characters length. E.g. correctie --> correcti

Claudia-WE avatar Jul 01 '22 15:07 Claudia-WE

It just does not use the field names that are in the schema, e.g. receptorID becomes reID

dgreefhorst avatar Jul 01 '22 18:07 dgreefhorst

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github-actions[bot] avatar May 07 '24 02:05 github-actions[bot]

Currently investigating this issue.

Kate-Lyndegaard avatar May 08 '24 09:05 Kate-Lyndegaard

This issue is no longer reproducible in the latest build.

Kate-Lyndegaard avatar May 08 '24 12:05 Kate-Lyndegaard