[Qgis-user] update string attributes in shapefile with field calculator

[maning sambale]

Thanks micha!

On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 1:10 PM, Micha Silver <micha at arava.co.il> wrote:
> On 28/06/2010 07:15, maning sambale wrote:
>>
>> I know this is easy in GRASS and postgis data.  The thing is, I want
>> to do this in a shapefile using the fielad calculator.
>>
>>  Basically,
>> if columnA = "Some string" , assign "another string" to columnB.
>>
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>
> In two steps: First select the rows with ColumnA="Some String". Then using
> the field calculation, tick the ckeckbox "Only update selected " then enter
> 'another string' (single quotes) in the calculator expression window.
>
> --
> Micha
>



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