I was using the wrong designation for the file. Much simpler when you use the right one.
Thanks for the help. On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 10:46 AM, Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > The + sign on table join, will only show layers which are also polygon > shapefiles. It does not load, for my selection, additional files. So in this > case, the csv file does not show up. > > > On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 10:38 AM, Micha Silver <[email protected]> wrote: > >> ** >> On 07/20/2011 05:29 PM, Lee wrote: >> >> I have a shapefile of parcels in a city with 'ParcelNumb' as my target >> field. In an alternate CSV database I have addresses and ownership >> information with 'PARCELNUMB' as the target field. I want to join these two >> files based on the parcel number. >> >> My first thought was to load the CSV as a vector file, and do a table join >> based on parcel numbers. Unfortunately, the csv file will only load as a >> point file. When I try to do a join, it won't let me select the csv file, as >> it is points and not a polygon. >> >> >> You should be able (in 1.7) to load a CSV file as a table using the "Add >> Vector Layer" as you mentioned. THen, open the properties of your polygon >> layer, and there's a "Join" tab. Click the '+' sign to add a join, select >> the appropriate columns from the table and the polygon layer, and you should >> be good to go. >> >> My second thought was to try the MMQGIS plugin. In this case, each time I >> try to append the file it spits out an error claiming it could not find the >> field I was interested in. I tried changing the name in the fields to both >> read 'ParcelNumb' to no success. >> >> Any ideas, alternative solutions, or comments on my misuse? >> >> -- >> all the best, >> Lee >> >> >> This mail was received via Mail-SeCure System. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Qgis-user mailing >> [email protected]http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >> >> This mail was received via Mail-SeCure System. >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Micha Silver >> Arava Development Co. +972-52-3665918http://surfaces.co.il >> >> > > > -- > all the best, > Lee > > -- all the best, Lee
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