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

[Luca Lanteri]

why do you need the same geometry type in order to make a join ?
You just need one common field.

Luca

2015-10-19 21:44 GMT+02:00 Joris Hintjens <jorishin at gmail.com>:

> I’d try “join layers” if they are the same geometry type
>
> Joris
>
> Op 17-okt.-2015, om 11:40 heeft Luca Lanteri <mescal72 at gmail.com> het
> volgende geschreven:
>
> You can make a join and then save as layer
> 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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