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| -rw-r--r-- | django/contrib/gis/gdal/datasource.py | 10 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/gdal/datasource.py b/django/contrib/gis/gdal/datasource.py index 0cc757d7a5..02363a075b 100644 --- a/django/contrib/gis/gdal/datasource.py +++ b/django/contrib/gis/gdal/datasource.py @@ -72,9 +72,13 @@ class DataSource(object): if isinstance(ds_input, basestring): # The data source driver is a void pointer. ds_driver = c_void_p() - - # OGROpen will auto-detect the data source type. - ds = open_ds(ds_input, self._write, byref(ds_driver)) + try: + # OGROpen will auto-detect the data source type. + ds = open_ds(ds_input, self._write, byref(ds_driver)) + except OGRException: + # Making the error message more clear rather than something + # like "Invalid pointer returned from OGROpen". + raise OGRException('Could not open the datasource at "%s"' % ds_input) elif isinstance(ds_input, c_void_p) and isinstance(ds_driver, c_void_p): ds = ds_input else: |