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For some reason, when I add a CSV as a delimited text layer QGIS is not recognizing field names in the first row. This has only been happening the last week or so. I am pulling my hair out.

Below is a screenshot of the csv and a screenshot from QGIS. As you can see QGIS is actually reading row 2 (the first row of data) as the field names.

CSV fileQGIS screenshot

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    My guess is there are some characters in the name causing issues. First suspect would be the % sign, then maybe the brackets and the dash.
    – M Bain
    Commented Aug 6, 2020 at 1:27

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Reset to default
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Likely stating the obvious here, but just a sanity check, the Number of header lines to discard is set to zero, yeah? Field Options

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  • OMG - cant believe I overlooked this! Somehow I had the number of header lines to discard set to 1......
    – SHANE D
    Commented Aug 6, 2020 at 2:44
  • I''ve never done anything like that! ;)
    – Stu Smith
    Commented Aug 6, 2020 at 20:17

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