What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Open a shapefile in which its dbf has an overflow in a column (such as [1])
2. Read records
What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
It shouldn't crash, it crashes because it cannot convert asterisks to numbers.
What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Trunk
Please provide any additional information below.
According to [2] DBf files can contain numeric fields with asterisks. I suppose
the best way to handle them is as if they where null. Right now pyshp converts
those to 0. Attached is a patch that handles this issue.
[1]
http://intgis.montevideo.gub.uy/sit/php/common/datos/generar_zip2.php?nom_tab=v_
uptu_lsv_destinos&tipo=gis
[2]
http://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedback/details/648410/sql-reports-an-er
ror-when-querying-standard-dbf-data-via-vfp-ole-db-provider
Original issue reported on code.google.com by felipe.o...@gmail.com on 1 May 2013 at 4:01
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