ok, you are right. You can import your shapfiles into spatialite using dbmanager, then copy the definitions of the first layer, add column to the other layer and then export to shapefile.
Luca 2015-10-22 5:17 GMT+02:00 Richard Males <rbma...@gmail.com>: > The join works without a common field of any kind, which is what I wanted, > but unfortunately the field names get prefixed with the join layer. When > I export as shape file from the joined layer, I get field names like > 'exported', 'exported_1', etc. So I don't think the join will work, since > what I want to do is preserve field names, just copying them from one layer > to another. > > Maybe some other approach? I was hoping for an existing plug-in, but > have not found anything in the repository. Maybe a python script to > export field names from existing layer? I will explore that approach, > although I am not very familiar with python scripting for QGIS, see if I > can get started. > > Thanks. > > > > On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 2:21 AM, Luca Lanteri <mesca...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> why do you need the same geometry type in order to make a join ? >> You just need one common field. >> >> Luca >> >> 2015-10-19 21:44 GMT+02:00 Joris Hintjens <joris...@gmail.com>: >> >>> I’d try “join layers” if they are the same geometry type >>> >>> Joris >>> >>> Op 17-okt.-2015, om 11:40 heeft Luca Lanteri <mesca...@gmail.com> het >>> volgende geschreven: >>> >>> You can make a join and then save as layer >>> I have been looking for a capability (plugin or native QGIS) that will >>> easily copy the field definitions (not the attribute data) from one layer >>> to another layer. To date I have not found it, I may be missing something >>> obvious. Any help/advice much appreciated. >>> >>> I have a layer with a bunch of fields already defined, and another layer >>> with geometry but no additional fields. I would like to add the field >>> definitions from the first layer to the second layer, and then populate >>> with the appropriate data for that layer. >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> Dick Males >>> Cincinnati, Ohio, USA >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Qgis-user mailing list >>> Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org >>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Qgis-user mailing list >>> Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org >>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >>> >>> >>> >> >
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