[Qgis-user] RE: Modifing the type of an attribute in a shp table

[Alister Hood]

Hi Stanca, 
Also check out the "table manager" plugin - it works by creating a copy
of the shape file.  I think QGIS does not support deleting attribute
columns in a shapefile yet, as this feature was only recently added to
gdal/ogr.

Regards,
Alister


> Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2011 12:30:19 -0700 (PDT)
> From: "s.lazarescu" <stanca.lazarescu at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Qgis-user] Modifing the type of an attribute in a shp table
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> Hello everyone,
> 
> 
> I've encountered a small problem while building the table of a
shapefile,
> that contains around 90 attributes. It has to do with the type of the
> attributes that cannot be modified once the table created. I realized
that
> for one of the attributes, the type of data I chose is not the correct
one,
> and so no data can be introduced.
> 
> I'm looking for a solution which would allow me to modify the type of
this
> only attribute, without having to start all over again.
> 
> Since the attribute is followed by only several other attributes, I
had the
> idea to delete all the attributes together with the "ill" one and to
add
> them again, this time giving it the correct type. But the "delete
attribute"
> button is not active .
> 
> 
> I am thanking you for your advice.
> 
> Stanca