Hi Stanca, Also check out the "table manager" plugin - it works by creating a copy of the shape file. I think QGIS does not support deleting attribute columns in a shapefile yet, as this feature was only recently added to gdal/ogr.
Regards, Alister > Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2011 12:30:19 -0700 (PDT) > From: "s.lazarescu" <[email protected]> > Subject: [Qgis-user] Modifing the type of an attribute in a shp table > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Hello everyone, > > > I've encountered a small problem while building the table of a shapefile, > that contains around 90 attributes. It has to do with the type of the > attributes that cannot be modified once the table created. I realized that > for one of the attributes, the type of data I chose is not the correct one, > and so no data can be introduced. > > I'm looking for a solution which would allow me to modify the type of this > only attribute, without having to start all over again. > > Since the attribute is followed by only several other attributes, I had the > idea to delete all the attributes together with the "ill" one and to add > them again, this time giving it the correct type. But the "delete attribute" > button is not active . > > > I am thanking you for your advice. > > Stanca _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
