[Qgis-user] field calculator add field to .csv layer
Janneke van Dijk
janneke.qgis at gmail.com
Sat Jun 3 10:39:57 PDT 2017
Thanks, Stéphane.
That at least confirms it - the capabilities are then a bit misleading,
if the layer is not meant to be editable.
regards,
Janneke
On 31-May-17 12:31, Stéphane Henriod wrote:
> Hi Janneke
>
> If I'm not mistaking, the csv files are read-only in Qgis. So I guess
> it's not a bug
>
> I just tested here and all I can do is to add a virtual field to the
> csv, but not actually write in the file.
>
> Cheers
>
> Stéphane
>
>
> Le lundi 29 mai 2017, Janneke van Dijk <janneke.qgis at gmail.com
> <mailto:janneke.qgis at gmail.com>> a écrit :
>
> Dear all,
>
> Using Qgis 2.18.9 on Windows (OSGeo4W64) I'm trying to import a
> .csv file and adding a text field. This is what I do:
> 1. add the .csv using add vector layer
> 2. open attribute table then use the field calculator
> 3. add text field, OK
> 4. toggle editing, save edits when asked.
> I then get the following error messages:
>
> Could not commit changes to layer test_fieldcalculator1
>
>
> Errors: ERROR: 1 new attribute(s) not added
>
> SUCCESS: 1 attribute value(s) changed.
>
> Provider errors:
>
> OGR error creating field txt:
>
> Feature 1 for attribute update not found.
>
> OGR error syncing to disk:
>
>
> The capabilities of this layer show:
>
> Add Features, Delete Features, Change Attribute Values, Add
> Attributes, Delete Attributes, Rename Attributes, Change
> Geometries, Curved Geometries
>
> which makes me think it should be possible to add attributes to
> this layer. Is this a bug or am I missing something? If a bug, is
> it in OGR or QGIS?
>
>
> Thanks for any insight,
>
> Janneke
>
>
>
>
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