[Gvsig_english] Edit field from selected function?

[patrickmertl at email.de]

Yes! That saved my day! Thanks to all who answered!

Cheers

Patrick

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-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: "Benjamin Ducke" <benjamin.ducke at oxfordarch.co.uk>
Gesendet: 02.08.2011 14:08:12
An: "Users mailing list" <gvsig_internacional at listserv.gva.es>
Betreff: Re: [Gvsig_english] Edit field from selected function?

>Yes. If you manage to select all records that
>you want to set to one and the same text value,
>then you can:
>
>1. Select the field which is to hold that value.
>2. Start the field calculator ("Expression") on it.
>3. Simply write the text value you wish to put
>into the field into the expression editor.
>But don't forget to put the string in quotes (").
>
>Et voila: all selected records will have the new
>text value in the field you selected.
>
>Ben
>
>----- Original Message -----
>> Dear list,
>>
>> i am working on a huge load of shapefile geometries (some 300.000 +)
>> and i need to fill informations (which have standards) in several
>> table fields. Until now i usualy do this by copy&paste and it takes
>> much time to fill in the same info over and over again. There must be
>> a quicker way... Is there some kind of a "edit field from selected"...
>> function? Means if i have a whole selection of shape geometries can i
>> edit the table fields in some way that i can fill in the information
>> once and every selected geometry gets the info into the field i
>> target?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>>
>> (Cooling my Strg+C and +V fingers)
>> -- Patrick Mertl
>> Hegelstr. 29
>> 55118 Mainz -D-
>>
>> patrickmertl at email.de
>> 0179-1037373
>>
>> Dienstl.: Institut für Vor- und Frühgeschichte
>> Johannes-Gutenberg Universität Mainz
>> Schillerplatz 11
>> Schönborner Hof - Südflügel
>> D-55116 Mainz
>>
>> Tel. +4961313930098
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