For information on the parameters in this dialog that are specific to all formats, see About Writer Feature Types: User Attributes
User attributes for this format are defined below.
| Name |
The name of the attribute. |
| Type |
The valid values for the attribute type are listed below: char Character fields store fixed-length strings. The width parameter controls the maximum of characters that can be stored by the field. No padding is required for strings which are shorter than this width. number Number fields store single and double precision floating point values. The width parameter is the total number of characters allocated to the field, including the decimal point. These numbers are stored as characters. date Temporal (date) field composed of year, month and date; ranging from January 1, 0001, to December 31, 9999. Field size: 4 bytes More information on Standard FME Date/Time Format. logical Logical fields store TRUE/FALSE data. Data read to or written from such fields must always have a value of either true or false. |
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Width |
The width parameter controls the maximum characters that can be stored by the field. For the number type, the width parameter is the total number of characters allocated to the field, including the decimal point. |
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Precision |
For some attribute types, controls the precision of the data by specifying the number of digits to the right of the decimal. |