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When the Geodatabase writer creates a new table, it looks for the geodb_type specified on the DEF line. For a list of all the valid geodb_type’s possible, see Feature Representation. If the geodb_type is not valid or is not found on the DEF line, then the geodb_type attribute will be retrieved from the first feature headed for that table. In the unlikely occurrence that the feature does not have a valid geodb_type or any geodb_type, then a warning will be logged, the writer will assume that the geodb_type is geodb_table, and a non-spatial table will be created. As a result, all features of that feature type will have their geometry ignored.