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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I have just discovered FWTools and am really excited about the ogr2ogr tool. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>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<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The command line is: <i>ogr2ogr -f MSSQLSpatial "MSSQL:server=.\;database=tiger;UID=xx;PWD=yyzz1234" tl_2009_17045_arealn.shp<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Any insight or examples would be helpful. I am running on Windows 7.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Kurt<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Kurt Gunther, CEO<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Mapgistics, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>5225 Canyon Crest Drive<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>#71-232<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Riverside, CA 92507<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>951-359-0337<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><img width=250 height=247 id=yiv2093631472yiv250548778yiv905204052MA1.1287280960 src="cid:image001.jpg@01CC0CA2.434A9BA0" alt="Description: cid:2.1602065275@web80406.mail.mud.yahoo.com"></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>