[Qgis-user] shp*join*csv real2string problem

[Jürgen E. Fischer]

Hi Bernd,

On Sat, 08. Dec 2012 at 17:12:16 +0100, Bernd Vogelgesang wrote:
> Seems the excel import is version and/or platform dependent: In dev under 
> linux mint, it doesn't work at all. Drag and drop produces "blabla.xls is 
> not a valid or recognized data source" and through the normal vector  
> adding dialog, there is no way to make the xls visible and selectable.

It's not platform, but OGR dependant.  I suppose the GDAL/OGR on Linux mint
isn't built with FreeXL[1] support and therefore you can't use Excel files
directly.


Jürgen 

[1] https://www.gaia-gis.it/fossil/freexl/

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