[Qgis-user] need to edit csv file properties
Gary Sherman
gsherman at geoapt.com
Sat Nov 26 11:18:33 PST 2011
On Nov 26, 2011, at 5:58 AM, David wrote:
> Hello again
> I'm still having trouble using a csv file.
>
> Having loaded the csv file as a layer, right click properties opens the layer properties box for the csv file and Fields has the full list of columns in my file: so far, so good.
>
> However they are all described as string, width 0 and precision 0 when many should be integer or decimal. Is it possible to change them in the properties box? I looked at the User Manual but don't understand the Edit widget.
>
> David Asquith
> UK
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What are you using for a delimiter? Are you fields quoted? Bringing in a comma delimited file here results in double and integers being interpreted correctly.
-gary
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