Good to know. Thanks Jukka and Larry. I have added this to our FAQ:
http://openjump.org/wiki/show/FAQ The Sunburned Surveyor On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 7:00 AM, Larry Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Carl, > > I just created a new Shapefile in ArcCatalog 8.3 and added fields named > Customer_Data, Customer_info, and Customer_name. ArcCatalog issued an error > message and changed the fields to Customer_D, Customer_i, and Customer_n. > The limit is actually 10 characters > (terminated by 00h) according to the documentation. > > regards, > > Larry Becker > > > > On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 7:59 AM, Rahkonen Jukka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > Strange, I thought that dBASE file format is what limits the length of the > name field. Have a look at for example > > http://www.geocities.com/geoff_wass/dBASE/GaryWhite/dBASE/FAQ/qformt.htm > > > > There you can read that dBASE file format at least up to version 5 gives > only 11 bytes for field name. I would recommend to avoid longer names even > if there is some software capable of using them. > > > > -Jukka Rahkonen- > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > Lähettäjä: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Puolesta Carl > Grönniger (entera) > > Lähetetty: 16. huhtikuuta 2008 13:49 > > Vastaanottaja: OpenJump develop and use > > Aihe: Re: [JPP-Devel] fieldnames in attribu ttable limitted to 11 chars? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > hi, > > > > yes, the other formats don't cut off the fieldnames. > > but it's not a general problem because in arcview you can create shps with > longer fieldnames. > > does anybody know if it's set somewhere in the shapefilewriter in openjump > or somewhere else? > > otherwise i'm not really able to work with oj because i need these longer > fieldnames. > > > > carl > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Rahkonen Jukka > > To: OpenJump develop and use > > Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 11:26 AM > > Subject: Re: [JPP-Devel] fieldnames in attribu ttable limitted to 11 > chars? > > > > > > Hi, > > > > Did you try saving in JUMP GML format? ESRI shapefiles have their own > limits which do not come from JUMP. > > > > -Jukka Rahkonen- > > > > > > ________________________________ > Lähettäjä: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Puolesta Carl > Grönniger (entera) > > Lähetetty: 16. huhtikuuta 2008 11:44 > > Vastaanottaja: jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > Aihe: [JPP-Devel] fieldnames in attribu ttable limitted to 11 chars? > > > > > > > > hi, > > is there any reason why you can only create fieldnames with max. 11 > characters in the attribut table? > > ok, you can create one with more than 11, but when you save and re-open > the layer, the fieldname is cut to 11 characters... > > > > carl > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference > > Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. > > Use priority code J8TL2D2. > > > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Jump-pilot-devel mailing list > > Jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jump-pilot-devel > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference > > Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. > > Use priority code J8TL2D2. > > > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone > > _______________________________________________ > > Jump-pilot-devel mailing list > > Jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jump-pilot-devel > > > > > > > > -- > http://amusingprogrammer.blogspot.com/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference > Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. > Use priority code J8TL2D2. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone > _______________________________________________ > Jump-pilot-devel mailing list > Jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jump-pilot-devel > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ Jump-pilot-devel mailing list Jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jump-pilot-devel
