topic Re: Feature Class to Feature Class tool in Model Builder truncates field names in Geoprocessing Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/feature-class-to-feature-class-tool-in-model/m-p/107753#M3678 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote">Figured it out, need to save it to a Personal Geodatabase to avoid truncating.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Yes, shapefiles are weak. Here's a good discussion of that in the Arc 10 help, for the good of the thread:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><A href="http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/002t/002t0000000m000000.htm">Geoprocessing considerations for shapefile output</A><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Also, another issue with truncated field names is whether output names are prefixed from a join:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><A href="http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#//001w00000008000000">Qualified Field Names (Environment Setting)</A></BODY></HTML> Fri, 25 May 2012 21:18:33 GMT curtvprice 2012-05-25T21:18:33Z Feature Class to Feature Class tool in Model Builder truncates field names https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/feature-class-to-feature-class-tool-in-model/m-p/107751#M3676 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>When I use the tool "Feature Class to Feature Class" in Model Builder it truncates the long field names.&nbsp; Is there a way to prevent this?&nbsp; Thanks.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 25 May 2012 18:59:48 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/feature-class-to-feature-class-tool-in-model/m-p/107751#M3676 StuartBlumberg 2012-05-25T18:59:48Z Re: Feature Class to Feature Class tool in Model Builder truncates field names https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/feature-class-to-feature-class-tool-in-model/m-p/107752#M3677 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Figured it out, need to save it to a Personal Geodatabase to avoid truncating.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 25 May 2012 20:22:04 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/feature-class-to-feature-class-tool-in-model/m-p/107752#M3677 StuartBlumberg 2012-05-25T20:22:04Z Re: Feature Class to Feature Class tool in Model Builder truncates field names https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/feature-class-to-feature-class-tool-in-model/m-p/107753#M3678 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote">Figured it out, need to save it to a Personal Geodatabase to avoid truncating.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Yes, shapefiles are weak. Here's a good discussion of that in the Arc 10 help, for the good of the thread:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><A href="http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/002t/002t0000000m000000.htm">Geoprocessing considerations for shapefile output</A><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Also, another issue with truncated field names is whether output names are prefixed from a join:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><A href="http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#//001w00000008000000">Qualified Field Names (Environment Setting)</A></BODY></HTML> Fri, 25 May 2012 21:18:33 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/feature-class-to-feature-class-tool-in-model/m-p/107753#M3678 curtvprice 2012-05-25T21:18:33Z