Don't. You got a lot further than I did. On 12/07/2011, at 08:37 , Lee wrote:
> You are a genius. What a simple solution. I feel ashamed. Thank you very much. > > On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 8:16 PM, Ramon Andinach <cust...@westnet.com.au> > wrote: > > On 12/07/2011, at 03:26 , Lee wrote: > > > I've utilized the table join feature currently included in the 1.7 release. > > I have a parcel ownership layer within a city environment. I have selected > > some of these parcels and added them to a new shapefile. I'm attempting to > > grab the data from the original parcel file and append it to the new > > shapefile so I still have ownership information. When I do a table join > > through properties, the information shows up in the attribute table... but > > not in the .dbf file, nor can I edit it in the table editor plugin. > > Therefore, I have no ability to edit how this information is displayed, or > > print it along with a key. It seems the join only exists in the memory of > > qgis, and it is never actually appended to the database file... > > > > Any ideas? > > > > -- > > all the best, > > Lee > > Yep, the join is only in the memory. But if you save (using "save as" or > "Save selection as"), the join should be preserved in the new file. > > So either you can join to your original layer, select the ones of interest > and resave that new shape file, or > Join to your new shape file and save as a new shape file. > > Hope that's of some use. > > -ramon._______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
