[OSGeo-Discuss] Shapefile's dfb editing

[M J]

I don't know if this would matter but file name length could be something to
look at.

Some dbf files that open in Excel won't open in Access unless renamed to 8
(I think) characters or less.

Maybe if you rename it shorter and try it might work.

Definitely be careful with a live shapefile dbf though - you should probably
rename the shapefile to a shorter name and then try to open the dbf again.

Nif

On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 12:17 PM, Landon Blake <lblake at ksninc.com> wrote:

> Silvia,
>
> I am surprised that Open Office couldn't open the DBF. Most open source
> desktop GIS programs like OpenJUMP can open and edit the attributes of
> Shapefile. Is that an option?
>
> If not, you could send me the file and I could see if I could open it in
> Microsoft Excel.
>
> Landon
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> Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Shapefile's dfb editing
>
> Hi all,
> do some of you know how to edit a shapefile's dbf file?
> I tried with OpenOffice Calc but I have the following error:
> "Connection to file could not be established"
> I have to add some attribute that I have in an other file and they are a
>
> lot of data.
>
> Thanks in advance for help
>
> Silvia
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