Bug report #5269

New fields created by "table join" are limited to 80 characters when it should be 255

Added by Filipe Dias over 12 years ago. Updated about 12 years ago.

Status:Closed
Priority:High
Assignee:-
Category:Vectors
Affected QGIS version:1.8.0 Regression?:No
Operating System: Easy fix?:No
Pull Request or Patch supplied:No Resolution:fixed
Crashes QGIS or corrupts data:No Copied to github as #:14996

Description

I tried to join a field that had cells with up to 220 characters to a shapefile. However when I saved the new shapefile, I saw that it was only showing the first 80 characters of field. QGIS is cutting the fields with a 80 characters threshold.

sample.zip (40.1 KB) Filipe Dias, 2012-10-05 10:49 AM

Associated revisions

Revision b3262763
Added by Alexander Bruy about 12 years ago

fix #5269

History

#1 Updated by Giovanni Manghi over 12 years ago

  • Operating System deleted (Windows 7)
  • Target version set to 35

Confirmed (on Linux). Joined text field (tested with a csv) are truncated at 80 chars when (re)saving the shapefile.

#2 Updated by Giovanni Manghi over 12 years ago

  • Target version changed from 35 to Version 1.8.0

#3 Updated by Giovanni Manghi over 12 years ago

  • Priority changed from High to Normal

#4 Updated by Filipe Dias over 12 years ago

  • Priority changed from Normal to High
  • Affected QGIS version changed from master to 1.8.0

This bug remains in QGIS 1.8 and think it's urgent to fix it.

#5 Updated by Paolo Cavallini about 12 years ago

  • Target version changed from Version 1.8.0 to Version 2.0.0

#6 Updated by Alexander Bruy about 12 years ago

  • Status changed from Open to Feedback

Seems already fixed in master. Please test and close.

#7 Updated by Filipe Dias about 12 years ago

No, it's still there (QGIS Master downloaded today, Windows 7). It joins correctly but when I save it, the new shapefile only has the first 80 characters of each line.

#8 Updated by Alexander Bruy about 12 years ago

Works fine here, field with length 193 saved correctly. Can you provide sample data?

#9 Updated by Filipe Dias about 12 years ago

Sample data attached.

#10 Updated by Alexander Bruy about 12 years ago

Ah, you use CSV table for joined data... As workaround you can specify length and type for each CSV field using CSVT file as described here. Also you can use more powerful and flexible VRT format

#11 Updated by Alexander Bruy about 12 years ago

  • Status changed from Feedback to Closed

#12 Updated by Alexander Bruy about 12 years ago

  • Resolution set to fixed

#13 Updated by Filipe Dias about 12 years ago

Thanks!

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