Mmm, that should just work. Is the shapefile maybe in a zip? Is it read only on the file system? If you save it as (another) shp file, does it behave the same?
Else: can you sent me (a part of) the shp so I can test here? Regards, Richard Duivenvoorde On 07/13/2018 02:57 PM, Martin Bittens wrote: > Hello Richard, > > it is a shapefile I am working with. > > > Martin > > > Am 7/13/2018 um 9:53 AM schrieb Richard Duivenvoorde: >> Depending on the type of provider, you can or can not add fields. >> >> Eg, if I'm correct a csv file will not work. >> >> You can see in the properties of the layer what the 'capabilities' are >> of a provider. >> So to make this possible, you could first create a geopackage or >> shapefile from it? And then back? >> >> Regards, >> >> Richard >> >> On 07/13/2018 02:25 PM, Martin Bittens wrote: >>> Hello QGIS Users. >>> >>> >>> I want to create a text field in an attribute table which contains some >>> data points by using the field calculator. So I selected: >>> >>> >>> - Create a new field >>> >>> - Output field name: Comment >>> >>> - Output field type: Text (string) >>> >>> - Output field length: 10 >>> >>> - Text input: 'Area 2' >>> >>> >>> The Output preview shows: 'Area 2'. By clicking on "OK" I receive the >>> following message: "Could not add the new field to the provider" >>> >>> My system is: Windows 10, QGIS2.18.21. >>> >>> In the previous versions of QGIS I did not get that error when I added >>> with the field calculator text fields in attribute tables. >>> >>> Does somebody know a solution solving the error? >>> >>> >>> Thank you very much. >>> >>> >>> Martin >>> >>> >>> --- >>> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. >>> https://www.avast.com/antivirus >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Qgis-user mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >>> Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > > _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list [email protected] List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
