[Qgis-user] "Add delimited text layer" can't handle columns containing commas

Andreas Neumann a.neumann at carto.net
Mon Nov 5 11:20:30 PST 2012


sorry - I misread your email. You have commas in your data records, not
in the column names. This should really work.

Well, Giuseppe described the workaround that should work.

Andreas

Am 05.11.2012 20:17, schrieb Andreas Neumann:
> Hi,
> 
> Using commas in column names will only create problems later on (e.g.
> when using SQL-like syntax - where commas are used to separate column
> names, or when publishing the layers with QGIS server). You really
> should avoid using them.
> 
> Andreas
> 
> Am 05.11.2012 16:57, schrieb magerlin:
>> "Add delimited text layer" can't handle record no 4 because the second field
>> contains a comma:
>>
>> ID,Navn,x,y,type
>> 1,"H.C. Ørstedsvej/Åboulev.",723295,6176730,"Busstop"
>> 2,"Ejbyvej/Åbyvej",713648,6178997,"Busstop"
>> 3,"Hyldetoften",710639,6180428,"Busstop"
>> 4,"Ågerup, Omsorgscentret",698621,6176536,"Busstop"
>>
>> <http://osgeo-org.1560.n6.nabble.com/file/n5014034/CSV.png> "
>>
>> The record is left out of the resulting shp file.
>>
>> But it can be done with the MMQgis plugin :-)
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>> Qgis 1.8.0 Stand alone installer in Win7 64 bit
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