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Why would you not want to open the dbh file in Libreoffice calc? It
works fine for me. Unless you are working with datasets of over 1
miljoen records, the maximum rows in Calc.<br>
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I have not clue about the error message, but what if you try to open
it directly from the Open file menu in LibreOffice (or any other
software you prefer)?<br>
<br>
An alternative option might be opening the shapefile in QGIS. In
QGIS it is easy to make changes in your attribute table (the dbf
file). And if you need to change columns (delete, move, rename), you
can use the Table manager plugin for QGIS. As a bonus, you can
directly import the file afterwards in your GRASS database from
within QGIS using the GRASS toolbox in QGIS.<br>
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Cheers,<br>
<br>
Paulo<br>
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On 05/18/2012 06:12 PM, John Ortiz wrote:
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Is your error produced by libreOffice?<br>
<br>
I can guess that the problem is because you are trying to open a
.dbf file with libreoffice calc, that is the default application
in Ubuntu 12.04 to open this sort of files.<br>
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To open .dbf files you should use libreoffice base. this
application not is included in Ubuntu, you must to install the
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sudo apt-get install libreoffice-base<br>
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I hope this help you.. I had the same problem when I updated my
Ubuntu version.<br>
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Regards,<br>
<br>
<br>
John Ortiz<br>
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute<br>
Panama <br>
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<hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 17:07:46 +0200<br>
From: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ricerca@palombini.net">ricerca@palombini.net</a><br>
To: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:grass-user@lists.osgeo.org">grass-user@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>
Subject: [GRASS-user] opening dbf tables<br>
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<div>Dear all,</div>
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<div>as i'm not very used used to work on vector files i
don't know how to manage a (probably) simple problem.<br>
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i'm working on some shapefiles to be imported in Grass,
but before doing so i should modify the dbf table. When
trying to open it (Ubuntu 12.04), i got the message </div>
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<div>(in italian) <br>
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<div>errore generale <br>
errore generale di I/O</div>
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<div>i wasn't able to pen the table even by command line
(sudo) nor found any hidden lock file in the directory.
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<div>Any suggestion?<br>
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Thanks a lot</div>
<div>Augusto <br>
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