[Qgis-user] Copy field definitions from one vector layer to another?

[Goyo]

This might work:

1. Make an empty copy of the layer with the attributes.
2. Select all objects of the layer with the geometries.
3. Copy and paste the selected objects into the empty layer.

Goyo


2015-10-15 20:29 GMT+02:00 Richard Males <rbmales at gmail.com>:
> I have been looking for a capability (plugin or native QGIS) that will
> easily copy the field definitions (not the attribute data) from one layer to
> another layer.   To date I have not found it, I may be missing something
> obvious.  Any help/advice much appreciated.
>
> I have a layer with a bunch of fields already defined, and another layer
> with geometry but no additional fields.   I would like to add the field
> definitions from the first layer to the second layer, and then populate with
> the appropriate data for that layer.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Dick Males
> Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
>
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