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Apr 27, 2020 at 11:20 comment added nmtoken See gdal.org/drivers/vector/shapefile.html#creation-issues ~ Attribute names can only be up to 10 characters long. Starting with version 1.7, the OGR Shapefile driver tries to generate unique field names. Successive duplicate field names, including those created by truncation to 10 characters, will be truncated to 8 characters and appended with a serial number from 1 to 99
Mar 23, 2020 at 10:22 history edited Sara CC BY-SA 4.0
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Mar 23, 2020 at 10:15 comment added Sara Ahh, I see what you mean. I've just checked. The layer created from the csv had the correct attribute names. BUT after exporting to shp they were truncated. I unconsciously assumed the two layers would be the same, which lead me to think it was GeoServer that truncated the name. I'll edit my answer.
Mar 23, 2020 at 10:07 comment added Ian Turton Actually, it is shapefiles that truncate your field names to 10 chars - apparently it is a feature!
Mar 23, 2020 at 9:45 history edited Sara CC BY-SA 4.0
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Mar 23, 2020 at 9:38 history answered Sara CC BY-SA 4.0