[Qgis-user] [Qgis-user} Editing the attribute table

[Bernhard Ströbl]

Hi Brett,

if all you want to achieve is another name in the attribute dialog and 
the attribute table you could set an alias for the field in question, no 
need to _change_ the field name in the data source.
this is at least true for QGIS 2.0.1

Am 31.01.2014 09:08, schrieb Andreas Neumann:
> Hi Brett,
>
> Unfortunately not, currently (also not in version 2.0). You have to
> create a new field with the new name, use the field calculator to
> transfer the value and then delete the old column.

the field calulator can also create the field for you, so no need to 
create it beforehand

Bernhard

> The side effect is
> that the order of the columns will be changed. I guess one could write
> an attribute renamer plugin to do that if you have to do it often.
>
> I don't know how important the order of the columns is to you. In QGIS
> 2.0 one can re-order the columns, at least in the attribute form if you
> use the drag and drop designer.
>
> Sorry that I don't have a better solution,
> Andreas
>
> Am 31.01.2014 07:00, schrieb Brett Adams:
>> Hi Folks,
>>
>> Can I change/edit the name of attributes within the attribute table for SHP
>> files.  I don't want to edit the values in the table, just the name.
>>
>>
>>
>> Running 1.8 Lisboa
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Brett  Adams
>>
>> Spinifex Geophysics
>>
>> 0438 861 974


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