[Geoserver-users] WFS Data Export to SHP from GeoServer Results in Long Char Attributes

Hi all

If I download a shapefile using a link like this: WFS export link
<http://maps.gcc.tas.gov.au:8080/geoserver/GCC_cc/ows?service=WFS&version=1.0.0&request=GetFeature&typeName=GCC_cc%3ABuildings&maxfeatures=50&outputformat=SHAPE-ZIP&gt;
the resulting shapefile has a huge DBF file associated with it. This is due
to white space padding for 255 length char fields.

Is this an issue that only I am having, or is it a GeoServer problem? I can
export the same file using org2ogr on the server, and it results in a
shapefile with char field lengths which are the same as the PostGIS table
backing it.

Regards,

Alex

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Hi Alex,
There was another post a few days ago asking something similar. From that it doesn’t look like GeoServer can currently do this, though it would certainly make sense for the filesize reason.

Jonathan

On 7 March 2013 00:31, Alex Leith <alexgleith@anonymised.com> wrote:

Hi all

If I download a shapefile using a link like this: WFS export link
<http://maps.gcc.tas.gov.au:8080/geoserver/GCC_cc/ows?service=WFS&version=1.0.0&request=GetFeature&typeName=GCC_cc%3ABuildings&maxfeatures=50&outputformat=SHAPE-ZIP>
the resulting shapefile has a huge DBF file associated with it. This is due
to white space padding for 255 length char fields.

Is this an issue that only I am having, or is it a GeoServer problem? I can
export the same file using org2ogr on the server, and it results in a
shapefile with char field lengths which are the same as the PostGIS table
backing it.

Regards,

Alex


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On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 11:09 AM, Jonathan Moules <jonathanmoules@anonymised.com…4942…> wrote:

Hi Alex,
There was another post a few days ago asking something similar. From that it doesn’t look like GeoServer can currently do this, though it would certainly make sense for the filesize reason.

Can someone open a request for improvement on jira.codehaus.org?

Cheers
Andrea

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Done. https://jira.codehaus.org/browse/GEOS-5694 - hopefully that covers it.

Jonathan

On 7 March 2013 11:34, Andrea Aime <andrea.aime@anonymised.com> wrote:

On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 11:09 AM, Jonathan Moules <jonathanmoules@anonymised.com…4942…> wrote:

Hi Alex,
There was another post a few days ago asking something similar. From that it doesn’t look like GeoServer can currently do this, though it would certainly make sense for the filesize reason.

Can someone open a request for improvement on jira.codehaus.org?

Cheers
Andrea

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Hi Andrea

I’m not a member at jira.codehaus.org, so could someone either join me up or add the feature request for me?

Regards,

···

On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 10:34 PM, Andrea Aime <andrea.aime@anonymised.com> wrote:

On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 11:09 AM, Jonathan Moules <jonathanmoules@anonymised.com> wrote:

Hi Alex,
There was another post a few days ago asking something similar. From that it doesn’t look like GeoServer can currently do this, though it would certainly make sense for the filesize reason.

Can someone open a request for improvement on jira.codehaus.org?

Cheers
Andrea

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On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 10:25 PM, Alex Leith <alexgleith@anonymised.com> wrote:

Hi Andrea

I’m not a member at jira.codehaus.org, so could someone either join me up or add the feature request for me?

I’ve opened a bug report against codehaus for the inability to register:
http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/HAUS-2299

Cheers
Andrea

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