[Qgis-user] Decimal numbers in Qgis

[Hakala Oiva (MTT)]

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I open Qgis, create a new shapefile layer, add some attribute with type decimal number, then I allow editing, add a feature and Qgis asks attributes, but when I try to type a decimal separator (. or , ) Qgis does not accept it at all. 

I tried that several times with original locale and also internally changed en-locale. Always the same behaviour.

Oiva 



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Lähettäjä: Werner Macho [werner.macho at gmail.com]
Lähetetty: 23. heinäkuuta 2014 8:42
Vastaanottaja: Hakala Oiva (MTT)
Kopio: qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org
Aihe: Re: [Qgis-user] Decimal numbers in Qgis

Hi!
Is it possible to provide the shapefile somewhere to take a closer look at it?

regards
Werner

On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 7:37 AM, Hakala Oiva (MTT) <oiva.hakala at mtt.fi> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am new here, but in trouble with Qgis.
>
> I have a BAD problem with decimal numbers in shapefile attribute tables.
>
> My set:
>
> Ubuntu Linux 12.04
> Qgis 2.2
> Locale FI
>
> Example:
>
> The original number in attribute table is: 342,52189242800
>
> Using binary editor I can see, that the internal format in dbf-file is:
> 3.42521892428e+002
>
> And when I load the shapefile to Qgis, the result is:  3.00000000000
>
> That is unaccepteble! In every attribute table all the digits beyond decimal
> separator are gone and the result is only integers.
>
> So, what to do? This kind of prevents me from doing any serious work with
> Qgis. I have never used any program before, that cannot handle decimals! I
> have tried to use different locale internally in Qgis (english), but no
> help.
>
> Oiva
>
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