is it possible to update newly made string type field (column) with a path to a file on a local drive by using "field calculator".

I tried with first defining type of field as "String" then opening "Field Calculator" and pasting the path for all the features, in the attribute. Instead of getting "normal" path, I get path with a number of question marks. And this doesn't work of course.

Is there perhaps a way around this?

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Us it possible to update newly made string type field (column) with a path to a file on a local drive by using "field calculator".

I tried with first defining type of field as "String" then opening "Field Calculator" and pasting the path for all the features, in the attribute. Instead of getting "normal" path, I get path with a number of question marks. And this doesn't work of course.

Is there perhaps a way around this?