[Qgis-user] Datatypes after join attributes

[Micha Silver]

Cameron Munro wrote:

> When I use Vector > Data Management Tools > Join attributes... to join a csv to 
> a vector layer the datatype for the new field in the vector is always a string 
> (the data is invariably numeric). I then use the field calculator to create a 
> new field with the string data converted to real. This is a little tedious. Is 
> there an easier way?
>
>   
If you convert the csv to a dbf file, and give the col headers an 
explicit number definition (i.e. Val,N,10), then the join will import 
the numeric values.

> Thanks,
>
> Cameron.
>
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