[Qgis-user] Re 1. Editing shapefile attributes in QGIS (David Bradley)

[Jonathan Webb]

Why do you want to edit it outside of QGIS?  That may well lead lead to 
data corruption & personal unhappiness.  Make a copy of the shapefile 
set & open the .dbf in Excel & see what happens.

Why not delete the columns from the attribute table & copy the values 
over using the Field Calculator?  It's easy enough - with the data in 
edit mode click on the red/white cross icon & select as many fields as 
you want & delete.  No harder than Excel (unless you haven't come across 
this before).

Then select the features you want to "copy" attributes for (or select 
none & all values will be reproduced).
Choose either "create new field" or "update existing" one (& choose 
field from the drop-down list)
In the Function List, go to "Fields & Values" then double click on the 
field you to copy the values from.
Ok this & the values will appear in the new or existing field you chose.
Job done & your data is safe.


Jonathan Webb
Freelance GIS Specialist
07941 921905
http://www.jwebbgis.co.uk
http://uk.linkedin.com/in/jwebbgis
On 18/12/14 20:00, qgis-user-request at lists.osgeo.org wrote:
>   1. Editing shapefile attributes in QGIS (David Bradley)

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