[Qgis-user] lower case option for field names in DB-Manager?

Christian Röttger chris.roettger at web.de
Sat Jul 19 13:45:55 PDT 2014


Hi,

>  >
>  > my favourite tool to import shape files in PostGIS is via QGIS and
> DB-Manager.
>  > I wonder if there is a option to set the field names to lower case?
> Then the data is much more prettier ton handle in the database. Or if
> the author is reading this, maybe there's an option to implement this
> feature.
>  > If someone else has a tip, i would also appreciate it .
>  >
>
> Try using the "import to postgis" algorithm from the processing toolbox.
> That has lots of options, including the ability to convert field names
> to lowercase.

Thanks for the tip i will give it a try.
I have to correct my use case. With a shapefile the DB-Manager works as 
expected and converts the names to lower case.
But i had imported a geodatabase and then DB-Manager didn't convert the 
names.

Thanks and greetings
Christian




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