[Qgis-user] Naming of attribute columns in joined files

[Alister]

> Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 00:33:34 -0700 (PDT)
> From: magerlin <MAP at ramboll.dk>
> To: qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: [Qgis-user] Naming of attribute columns in joined files
> Message-ID: <1378798414005-5077022.post at n6.nabble.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> 
> When I do a join in 1.9.0-Master 80c9199 the columns from an external joined
> file will get names like Filename_Attributename where Attributename is the
> name from the file Filename.
> 
> This is quite fine but when I choose to save my join as a new shapefile
> (where only 10 characters are allowed for attribute names) I end up with
> very hard to understand attribute names like this:
> 
> <http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/file/n5077022/Attribute_table.png> 
> 
> Is there any way to avoid this?
> 
> 
> 
> -----
> Regards Morten
> 
> Qgis 1.8.0 Stand alone installer and/or
> Qgis 1.9.0 Weekly in Win7 64 bit 
> --
> View this message in context: http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/Naming-of-attribute-columns-in-joined-files-tp5077022.html
> Sent from the Quantum GIS - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 7
> Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 11:33:52 +0300
> From: Alexander Bruy <alexander.bruy at gmail.com>
> To: magerlin <MAP at ramboll.dk>
> Cc: qgis-user <qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org>
> Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] Naming of attribute columns in joined files
> Message-ID:
>    <CALuHMPCsto4O8+La1++aomNGXdT3_uX7U-ubvdDLf75w99_1ag at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
> 
> 2013/9/10 magerlin <MAP at ramboll.dk>:
>> Is there any way to avoid this?
> 
> No, this is limitation of DBF format. If you need long
> field names, use another format, for example spatialite

Note, if anyone is thinking of filing a feature request, there is already ticket #6707