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In QGIS software, the "vector layer" has "attribute" but the name length is limited to only 10 Characters. Is there any method to name an "attribute" to a longer name? (e.g. attribute name "building name" become "building n" in QGIS layer attribute table)

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My layer define dialog window is as below

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Is your layer a shapefile by any chance? – Nathan W Mar 13 '12 at 7:54
Yes! My layer is a shapefile – Xianlin Mar 13 '12 at 8:20

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This is a (bad) limitation of the ESRI Shapefile format.

Not much you can do with it but change the underlying format, maybe try SpatiaLite.

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Just for clarity, the limitation is directly tied to the DBF file format, which the shapefile format happens to implement. As stated above, if you need/want longer file names, you'll need to choose a different storage format. – RyanDalton Mar 13 '12 at 15:09

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