Agreed, don't start field names with numbers.
(from ESRI, but I think should apply equally to shapefiles used in QGIS):
http://support.esri.com/cn/knowledgebase/techarticles/detail/23087
Phil
On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 1:55 PM, Anita Graser wrote:
> Hi Ian,
> If I remember correctly, Shapefile
Hi Ian,
If I remember correctly, Shapefile attribute names must not start with a
number. Im not sure why this is but I think that could be part of the issue.
Best wishes,
Anita
On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 3:26 PM, Ian Turton wrote:
> I have a shapefile with a bunch of attributes called 1980,1990,2
I have a shapefile with a bunch of attributes called 1980,1990,2000, etc to
represent the years the data is for. They are integers (if that matters)
but when I try to use them in a Qgis (2.14.2-Essen) the styler recognises
them as numeric but when I try to produce a graduated style all the classes
