[Qgis-user] Attribute Join problem in PostgreSQL

[Micha Silver]

On 06/24/2010 02:04 PM, Hemayet Hossain wrote:
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> Hi
>
> I have imported a shape file into QGis and then did attribute join 
> (under menu Vector>Data Management Tools>Join Attribute) to add some 
> additional attributes and it worked perfectly. I then imported the 
> same shape file into PostgreSQL/PostGis using SPIT plugin in QGis and 
> then tried to do attribute join folloeing same procedure - it did not 
> work. It seems that Join Attribute will not work if the data is in 
> PostgreSQL/PostGIS DBMS. Any suggestion?
As far as I know, the Join Attribute feature in Vector tools is only for 
dbf tables. What you'll have to do is import your additional attribute 
table also to PostGIS, then do the join within Postgres with database 
mamangement tools (i.e. using the PostGIS Manager Plugin in QGIS).
-- 
Micha


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