Bug report #2413
save as shapefile with column names > 10 chars fails "Creation of an attribute failed"
| Status: | Closed | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Priority: | Low | ||
| Assignee: |  nobody - | ||
| Category: | Vectors | ||
| Affected QGIS version: | Regression?: | No | |
| Operating System: | All | Easy fix?: | No |
| Pull Request or Patch supplied: | Resolution: | fixed | |
| Crashes QGIS or corrupts data: | Copied to github as #: | 12473 |
Description
The error message should be adjusted to point the user to a solution (shortening the column names) or offer auto-truncation of column names
See related forum topic:
http://forum.qgis.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=6114
History
#1
Updated by Jürgen Fischer over 14 years ago
See also #2151. Apparently OGR trims (or used to trim) the fieldnames by itself. What GDAL version is in use? Do the trimmed fieldnames produce duplicate names in use case that triggered this ticket?
ea9ae019 (SVN r12891) improves the error reporting a bit by including OGRs error message and reporting which column produces duplicate names when truncated.
#2
Updated by Anita Graser over 14 years ago
Replying to [comment:1 jef]:
Yes, trimming produces duplicate column names. This seems to cause the failure.
#3
Updated by Jürgen Fischer over 14 years ago
- Resolution set to fixed
- Status changed from Open to Closed
fixed in ea9ae019 (SVN r12891).