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Subject:    RE: [fdo-users] Re: OSM shape file limitations using with FDO due
From:       Greg Boone <greg.boone () autodesk ! com>
Date:       2011-01-14 15:44:43
Message-ID: 34766D2AA3326C4781813E4F8C8C557D170BA4F4 () 005-TK5MPN1-001 ! MGDADSK ! autodesk ! com
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We could port it back. However, getting a new build of FDO 3.5.2 released would be \
needed. 

It would help if the MapGuide OS team made a formal request to have this done and a \
new build released.

Greg

-----Original Message-----
From: fdo-users-bounces@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:fdo-users-bounces@lists.osgeo.org] On \
                Behalf Of Zac Spitzer
Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 6:56 PM
To: FDO Users Mail List
Subject: Re: [fdo-users] Re: OSM shape file limitations using with FDO due to : in \
column names

any chance of a backport to 3.5, MapGuide 2.2 hasn't been released yet and this is a \
really useful fix?

On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 8:09 AM, Dan Stoica <dan.stoica@autodesk.com> wrote:
> For clarification: per DBF specification ":" and "." are not illegal characters. \
> Instead there is an FDO limitation at this time in the sense it cannot create \
> property names containing ":" or "." 
> The trouble was that there are products out there able to create DBF files with \
> columns containing ':' and the SHP provider was not able to read them. 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fdo-users-bounces@lists.osgeo.org 
> [mailto:fdo-users-bounces@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Brad Nesom
> Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 4:02 PM
> To: FDO Users Mail List
> Subject: Re: [fdo-users] Re: OSM shape file limitations using with FDO 
> due to : in column names
> 
> That is ESRIs implementation also. They automatically convert illegal 
> chars in the name to _ and also truncate field names by 2 and add 
> numeric.   My_extralong_field_name, becomes my_ext1 subsequent 
> duplications are numered sequentially.
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 10:56 AM, Greg Boone <greg.boone@autodesk.com> wrote:
> > The following change sets illustrate the changes made in the SHP 
> > provider to allow DBF files that have columns containing ":" and "." 
> > to be read and processed by FDO
> > 
> > http://trac.osgeo.org/fdo/changeset/5858
> > 
> > http://trac.osgeo.org/fdo/changeset/5859
> > 
> > If ":" or "." are found, these characters are replaced by "_" when the DBF \
> > Physical schema is read and exposed as logical FDO Schema. Thus columns that are \
> > physically defined as a:b will be exposed logically as a_b. 
> > Greg
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: fdo-users-bounces@lists.osgeo.org 
> > [mailto:fdo-users-bounces@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Frank 
> > Warmerdam (External)
> > Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 11:36 AM
> > To: fdo-users@lists.osgeo.org
> > Subject: Re: [fdo-users] Re: OSM shape file limitations using with 
> > FDO due to : in column names
> > 
> > On 11-01-13 11:25 AM, Greg Boone wrote:
> > > This issue has been resolved:
> > > 
> > > http://trac.osgeo.org/fdo/ticket/737
> > 
> > Greg,
> > 
> > I can't help but notice that the ticket is closed without any indication of \
> > whether the problem was reproduced, action was taken, what it was, etc.  Here I \
> > assumed you referred people to the ticket so they could read the whole \
> > conversation. 
> > Best regards,
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