topic Re: Shapefile won't allow long integer with precision &gt;5 in Data Management Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/shapefile-won-t-allow-long-integer-with-precision/m-p/717477#M40607 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive_macro_quote jive-quote jive_text_macro"><SPAN style="background-color: #ffffff;">allows only 5 when I try to enter more</SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Do you mean it will revert to the number 5 for precision, or it actually truncates data values to precision 5?</P><P></P><P>I was under the impression that precision is ignored in everything except RDBMSes, so I think you can rest easy, but if it's limiting your data values, that would be a problematic bug.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 11 Sep 2017 18:18:01 GMT DarrenWiens2 2017-09-11T18:18:01Z Shapefile won't allow long integer with precision >5 https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/shapefile-won-t-allow-long-integer-with-precision/m-p/717476#M40606 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Suddenly I am unable to create&nbsp;a long integer field with precision greater than 5. &nbsp;I've tried multiple times, and sometimes when I'm in ArcCatalog it will show 8 as the precision, but when I open in ArcMap, it shows 5 (and allows only 5 when I try to enter more). &nbsp;Any ideas? &nbsp;(I'm using shapefiles instead of a geodatabase because my employer requires it.) &nbsp;Thanks!</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 11 Sep 2017 17:26:20 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/shapefile-won-t-allow-long-integer-with-precision/m-p/717476#M40606 AmeliaNewsam 2017-09-11T17:26:20Z Re: Shapefile won't allow long integer with precision >5 https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/shapefile-won-t-allow-long-integer-with-precision/m-p/717477#M40607 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive_macro_quote jive-quote jive_text_macro"><SPAN style="background-color: #ffffff;">allows only 5 when I try to enter more</SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Do you mean it will revert to the number 5 for precision, or it actually truncates data values to precision 5?</P><P></P><P>I was under the impression that precision is ignored in everything except RDBMSes, so I think you can rest easy, but if it's limiting your data values, that would be a problematic bug.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 11 Sep 2017 18:18:01 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/shapefile-won-t-allow-long-integer-with-precision/m-p/717477#M40607 DarrenWiens2 2017-09-11T18:18:01Z Re: Shapefile won't allow long integer with precision >5 https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/shapefile-won-t-allow-long-integer-with-precision/m-p/717478#M40608 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Sorry, I partly solved this (I was accessing the wrong shapefile in ArcCatalog), but there is still an issue with long integer fields sometimes not allowing more than 5 or 6 digits. &nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 11 Sep 2017 19:38:38 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/shapefile-won-t-allow-long-integer-with-precision/m-p/717478#M40608 AmeliaNewsam 2017-09-11T19:38:38Z Re: Shapefile won't allow long integer with precision >5 https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/shapefile-won-t-allow-long-integer-with-precision/m-p/717479#M40609 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>The only thing I can think of is to double-check that the field isn't 'short integer' (which would be 5 digits max), but you specifically mention 'long integer', so I assume you've done that already.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 11 Sep 2017 20:02:09 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/shapefile-won-t-allow-long-integer-with-precision/m-p/717479#M40609 DarrenWiens2 2017-09-11T20:02:09Z Re: Shapefile won't allow long integer with precision >5 https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/shapefile-won-t-allow-long-integer-with-precision/m-p/717480#M40610 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Yes - it actually truncates the digits. Yes, it is long integer, not short.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 11 Sep 2017 21:16:41 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/shapefile-won-t-allow-long-integer-with-precision/m-p/717480#M40610 AmeliaNewsam 2017-09-11T21:16:41Z