[FWTools] Hello List Members

[Even Rouault]

Hi,

FWTools is no longer maintained, and the MSSQLSpatial driver has been added in 
a GDAL/OGR version that is more recent than the one included in FWTools.

Consider using OSGeo4W : http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/

Or download one of Tamas Szekeres' daily builds : 
http://www.gisinternals.com/sdk/

Both have GDAL 1.8.0 that includes the MSSQLSpatial driver.

You can display the list of supported drivers by issuing :

ogrinfo --formats

> I have just discovered FWTools and am really excited about the  ogr2ogr
> tool.
> 
> 
> 
> I am attempting to upload shape files into a local instance of SQL Server
> 2008R2 and am receiving an error when running the ogr2ogr utility from the
> command line. I am following a structure from the website
> http://www.gdal.org/ogr/drv_mssqlspatial.html
> 
> 
> 
> The command line is:  ogr2ogr -f MSSQLSpatial
> "MSSQL:server=.\;database=tiger;UID=xx;PWD=yyzz1234"
> tl_2009_17045_arealn.shp
> 
> 
> 
> The error message is: FAILURE: Unable to open datasource
> 'tl_2009_17045_arealn.shp' with the following drivers. It then lists all
> the available drivers.  The MSSQLSpatial driver is not there.  I am
> guessing that I am missing the MSSQLSpatial driver, or it is not
> configured properly, or my command line structure is invalid.
> 
> 
> 
> Any insight or examples would be helpful.  I am running on Windows 7.
> 
> 
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Kurt
> 
> 
> 
> Kurt Gunther, CEO
> 
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> 
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> 
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