[Qgis-user] Unable to add values to text string attributes

[Bernd Vogelgesang]

Welcome on board ;)

about the second question: Try the CadInput plugin.

Cheers
Bernd

Am 30.01.2015, 15:52 Uhr, schrieb Michael Grosberg  
<grosberg.michael at gmail.com>:

> so, umm, hello, first time here.
> First of all, if any of the developers sees this - it's a wonderfull tool
> and a joy to use. Now, my question: I have a vector layer (ESRI  
> shapefile)
> and I'm trying to fill some values. numerical values - no problem. I  
> select
> some points (this is a point file), type the value I want, press "update  
> all"
> and the column is filled with the value. But I tried the same with a text
> string (I created a new column and set it to type "string", made it
> 64 characters long to be safe), and it doesn't seem to work. after  
> creation,
> the entire column has the value "null", but try as I might to enter a  
> value
> and press "update all", this does nothing. If I do the same using a digit
> (and remember, this is a string attribute!), that DOES work for some  
> reason.
>
> Any ideas what's going on? I've just tested it at home and the same  
> problem
> exists, so it's not just my work PC.
>
> Oh, and another question, although I'm pretty sure the answer is no:
> I need to outline building outlines, which I currently do using other  
> apps.
> But I'd love to switch to working with Qgis fulltime.
> Does QGIS have tools / plugins to help with drawing orthogonal shapes?
> I'm thinking about something that would let me draw one line freehand and
> then the rest of the lines would be constrained to be parallel or  
> orthogonal
> to the first line. Alternatively something that would take a  
> freehand-drawn
> polygon and straighten it.
>
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