Bug report #5927
ESRI shapefile encoding problem
| Status: | Closed | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Priority: | High | ||
| Assignee: | - | ||
| Category: | Vectors | ||
| Affected QGIS version: | 1.8.0 | Regression?: | No |
| Operating System: | windows | Easy fix?: | No |
| Pull Request or Patch supplied: | No | Resolution: | duplicate |
| Crashes QGIS or corrupts data: | No | Copied to github as #: | 15364 |
Description
I can't change encoding type when I work with ESRI shapefile ('Add Vector Layer' and 'Option -> General -> Encoding' doesn't work correctly). QGIS always set UTF-8.
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History
#1
Updated by Minoru Akagi over 12 years ago
OGR Shapefile driver(GDAL>=1.9) recodes attribute strings to UTF-8 and passes it to QGIS, if the shapefile includes non-zero LDID in dbf file or valid cpg file. If there is no garbled text in the attribute table, recoding of driver is working well. If not so, see OSGeo4W #294
However, it is better if the encoding combo-box in the layer properties displays the codepage of dbf file with grayed out rather than displaying abstract "UTF-8", isn't it?
#2
Updated by Alexander Bruy over 12 years ago
- Resolution set to duplicate
- Status changed from Open to Closed
Duplicate #5255