We want to convert a GDB to SHP file with field type string and length>254. How can we keep the data with maximum size 254, but not ignore the data
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GDB to SHP field length >254
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I don't think this is possible it is literally a limitation of the .shp format. Your only option is to use another format. I guess you could split up the attribute that contains more than 254 characters into multiple attributes.
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I don't think this is possible it is literally a limitation of the .shp format. Your only option is to use another format. I guess you could split up the attribute that contains more than 254 characters into multiple attributes.
understand. Is any tramsformer can I used to change the max field length of schema if the data is not long, but the schema field length is 65536
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understand. Is any tramsformer can I used to change the max field length of schema if the data is not long, but the schema field length is 65536
There's no need to use a transformer for that, you can specify the field length in the Shape writer (with that 254 char maximum of course)
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understand. Is any tramsformer can I used to change the max field length of schema if the data is not long, but the schema field length is 65536
Thanks, But we are using Dynamic schema
@viviancfhung The shape file .dbf file has a limit on the text length of 254 as mentioned by @Hans van der Maarel
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