> Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 00:33:34 -0700 (PDT) > From: magerlin <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Qgis-user] Naming of attribute columns in joined files > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > When I do a join in 1.9.0-Master 80c9199 the columns from an external joined > file will get names like Filename_Attributename where Attributename is the > name from the file Filename. > > This is quite fine but when I choose to save my join as a new shapefile > (where only 10 characters are allowed for attribute names) I end up with > very hard to understand attribute names like this: > > <http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/file/n5077022/Attribute_table.png> > > Is there any way to avoid this? > > > > ----- > Regards Morten > > Qgis 1.8.0 Stand alone installer and/or > Qgis 1.9.0 Weekly in Win7 64 bit > -- > View this message in context: > http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/Naming-of-attribute-columns-in-joined-files-tp5077022.html > Sent from the Quantum GIS - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 11:33:52 +0300 > From: Alexander Bruy <[email protected]> > To: magerlin <[email protected]> > Cc: qgis-user <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] Naming of attribute columns in joined files > Message-ID: > <caluhmpcsto4o8+la1++aomngxdt3_ux7u-ubvddlf75w99_...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > 2013/9/10 magerlin <[email protected]>: >> Is there any way to avoid this? > > No, this is limitation of DBF format. If you need long > field names, use another format, for example spatialite
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