.\" Man page generated from reStructuredText. . . .nr rst2man-indent-level 0 . .de1 rstReportMargin \\$1 \\n[an-margin] level \\n[rst2man-indent-level] level margin: \\n[rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level]] - \\n[rst2man-indent0] \\n[rst2man-indent1] \\n[rst2man-indent2] .. .de1 INDENT .\" .rstReportMargin pre: . RS \\$1 . nr rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level] \\n[an-margin] . nr rst2man-indent-level +1 .\" .rstReportMargin post: .. .de UNINDENT . RE .\" indent \\n[an-margin] .\" old: \\n[rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level]] .nr rst2man-indent-level -1 .\" new: \\n[rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level]] .in \\n[rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level]]u .. .TH "GDAL-VECTOR-SET-FIELD-TYPE" "1" "Feb 09, 2026" "" "GDAL" .SH NAME gdal-vector-set-field-type \- Modify the type of a field of a vector dataset .sp Added in version 3.12. .SH SYNOPSIS .INDENT 0.0 .INDENT 3.5 .sp .EX Usage: gdal vector set\-field\-type [OPTIONS] Modify the type of a field of a vector dataset. Positional arguments: \-i, \-\-input Input vector datasets [required] \-o, \-\-output Output vector dataset [required] Common Options: \-h, \-\-help Display help message and exit \-\-json\-usage Display usage as JSON document and exit \-\-config = Configuration option [may be repeated] \-q, \-\-quiet Quiet mode (no progress bar) Options: \-l, \-\-layer, \-\-input\-layer Input layer name(s) [may be repeated] \-f, \-\-of, \-\-format, \-\-output\-format Output format (\(dqGDALG\(dq allowed) \-\-co, \-\-creation\-option = Creation option [may be repeated] \-\-lco, \-\-layer\-creation\-option = Layer creation option [may be repeated] \-\-overwrite Whether overwriting existing output is allowed \-\-update Whether to open existing dataset in update mode \-\-overwrite\-layer Whether overwriting existing output is allowed \-\-append Whether appending to existing layer is allowed Mutually exclusive with \-\-upsert \-\-output\-layer Output layer name \-\-skip\-errors Skip errors when writing features \-\-active\-layer Set active layer (if not specified, all) \-\-field\-name Field name [required] Mutually exclusive with \-\-src\-field\-type \-\-src\-field\-type Source field type or subtype [required] Mutually exclusive with \-\-field\-name \-\-dst\-field\-type, \-\-field\-type Target field type or subtype [required] Advanced Options: \-\-if, \-\-input\-format Input formats [may be repeated] \-\-oo, \-\-open\-option = Open options [may be repeated] \-\-output\-oo, \-\-output\-open\-option = Output open options [may be repeated] \-\-upsert Upsert features (implies \(aqappend\(aq) Mutually exclusive with \-\-append .EE .UNINDENT .UNINDENT .SH DESCRIPTION .sp \fBgdal vector set\-field\-type\fP can be used to modify the field type of a vector dataset: .sp \fBset\-field\-type\fP can also be used as a step of \fI\%gdal vector pipeline\fP\&. .SS Standard options .INDENT 0.0 .TP .B \-f, \-\-of, \-\-format, \-\-output\-format Which output vector format to use. Allowed values may be given by \fBgdal \-\-formats | grep vector | grep rw | sort\fP .UNINDENT .INDENT 0.0 .TP .B \-\-co, \-\-creation\-option = Many formats have one or more optional dataset creation options that can be used to control particulars about the file created. For instance, the GeoPackage driver supports creation options to control the version. .sp May be repeated. .sp The dataset creation options available vary by format driver, and some simple formats have no creation options at all. A list of options supported for a format can be listed with the \fI\%\-\-formats\fP command line option but the documentation for the format is the definitive source of information on driver creation options. See \fI\%Vector drivers\fP format specific documentation for legal creation options for each format. .sp Note that dataset creation options are different from layer creation options. .UNINDENT .INDENT 0.0 .TP .B \-\-lco, \-\-layer\-creation\-option = Many formats have one or more optional layer creation options that can be used to control particulars about the layer created. For instance, the GeoPackage driver supports layer creation options to control the feature identifier or geometry column name, setting the identifier or description, etc. .sp May be repeated. .sp The layer creation options available vary by format driver, and some simple formats have no layer creation options at all. A list of options supported for a format can be listed with the \fI\%\-\-formats\fP command line option but the documentation for the format is the definitive source of information on driver creation options. See \fI\%Vector drivers\fP format specific documentation for legal creation options for each format. .sp Note that layer creation options are different from dataset creation options. .UNINDENT .INDENT 0.0 .TP .B \-\-overwrite Allow program to overwrite existing target file or dataset. Otherwise, by default, \fBgdal\fP errors out if the target file or dataset already exists. .UNINDENT .INDENT 0.0 .TP .B \-\-active\-layer Set the active layer. When it is specified, only the layer specified by its name will be subject to the processing. Other layers will be not modified. If this option is not specified, all layers will be subject to the processing. .UNINDENT .INDENT 0.0 .TP .B \-\-field\-name The name of the field to modify. .sp Mutually exclusive with \fI\%\-\-src\-field\-type\fP\&. One of them is required. .UNINDENT .INDENT 0.0 .TP .B \-\-src\-field\-type The field type of the fields to modify. Valid values are: \fBInteger\fP, \fBIntegerList\fP, \fBReal\fP, \fBRealList\fP, \fBString\fP, \fBStringList\fP, \fBBinary\fP, \(ga \fBDate\fP, \fBTime\fP, \fBDateTime\fP, \fBInteger64\fP, \fBInteger64List\fP\&. A field subtype can be specified instead of a field type. Valid values are: \fBBoolean\fP, \fBInt16\fP, \fBFloat32\fP, \fBJSON\fP, \fBUUID\fP\&. .sp Mutually exclusive with \fI\%\-\-field\-name\fP\&. One of them is required. .UNINDENT .INDENT 0.0 .TP .B \-\-field\-type, \-\-dst\-field\-type The new field type. Valid values are: \fBInteger\fP, \fBIntegerList\fP, \fBReal\fP, \fBRealList\fP, \fBString\fP, \fBStringList\fP, \fBBinary\fP, \(ga \fBDate\fP, \fBTime\fP, \fBDateTime\fP, \fBInteger64\fP, \fBInteger64List\fP\&. A field subtype can be specified instead of a field type. Valid values are: \fBBoolean\fP, \fBInt16\fP, \fBFloat32\fP, \fBJSON\fP, \fBUUID\fP\&. The field type will be derived from the subtype. .UNINDENT .SS Advanced options .INDENT 0.0 .TP .B \-\-if, \-\-input\-format Format/driver name to be attempted to open the input file(s). It is generally not necessary to specify it, but it can be used to skip automatic driver detection, when it fails to select the appropriate driver. This option can be repeated several times to specify several candidate drivers. Note that it does not force those drivers to open the dataset. In particular, some drivers have requirements on file extensions. .sp May be repeated. .UNINDENT .INDENT 0.0 .TP .B \-\-oo, \-\-open\-option = Dataset open option (format specific). .sp May be repeated. .UNINDENT .INDENT 0.0 .TP .B \-\-output\-open\-option, \-\-output\-oo = Added in version 3.12. .sp Dataset open option for output dataset (format specific). .sp May be repeated. .UNINDENT .SH GDALG OUTPUT (ON-THE-FLY / STREAMED DATASET) .sp This program supports serializing the command line as a JSON file using the \fBGDALG\fP output format. The resulting file can then be opened as a vector dataset using the \fI\%GDALG: GDAL Streamed Algorithm\fP driver, and apply the specified pipeline in a on\-the\-fly / streamed way. .SH EXAMPLES .SS Example 1: Change the type of a field given by its name to Integer .INDENT 0.0 .INDENT 3.5 .sp .EX $ gdal vector set\-field\-type input.gpkg output.gpkg \-\-field\-name myfield \-\-field\-type Integer .EE .UNINDENT .UNINDENT .SS Example 2: Change the type of all fields of type Date to DateTime .INDENT 0.0 .INDENT 3.5 .sp .EX $ gdal vector set\-field\-type input.gpkg output.gpkg \-\-src\-field\-type Date \-\-dst\-field\-type DateTime .EE .UNINDENT .UNINDENT .SH AUTHOR Alessandro Pasotti .SH COPYRIGHT 1998-2026 .\" Generated by docutils manpage writer. .