On 11/05/2012 01:35 PM, Lee Hachadoorian wrote:
Strange problem with editing attribute tables. I've used the field
calculator to create a new column, calculate a percentage as

(1.0 * "column1" / "column2") * 100.0

The field calculation works. Then when I save the edits (using either
direct save, or toggle editing off and choose Save when prompted) all
of the values in the new field become NULL.

I and a colleague have tested this on two OSes (Linux and Mac) using
two different shapefiles, representing different geographies but with
the same attribute table.

Any ideas?

Regards,
--Lee
Tested this a few more times and kept reproducing the error. Then I

(a) created a new field
(b) saved the shapefile layer and toggled editing off
(c) toggled editing on
(d) used field calculator to update previously created field
(e) saved the layer

In this case, it worked. So it seemed like the problem was that using the field calculator to create a new field and calculate at the same time was the problem, BUT, after following the above procedure, I can no longer reproduce the error.

Has anyone else observed this behavior?

--Lee
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