ERROR
Running shp2sde like this:shp2sde -o create -l mytable_has_a_big_name,shape -f myshpfile -S "Rights of Ways" -g 256,0,0 -c 1000 -x 6000000,1800000,1000 -a file=crossref.txt -G 26946 -e a+ -v -u sdetest -p mypasswd -s server1 -D mydb -i esri_sdeProduces this error:ESRI SDE Shape to Layer Loading Utility Tue Jul 11 08:45:09 2000
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SDE Code (-31): Invalid entity type mask (Error in SE_layer_create())
Delete layer "mytable_has_a_big_name" ...
The name of the table (and thus the layer) is too long. The extra long string is corrupting the parsing of entity type command option.
Shorten the table name.
Article ID:000001915
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