gvSIG-Desktop 1.11. User manual

This tool allows you to add, delete or rename fields. To access this tool, go to the “Table” menu and select “Manage fields”.

(An error occurs when you try to change the structure of a table hosted in a postgresql data base above version 7.4. To modify the structure, use a suitable data base manager).

When the menu option is selected, a window appears in which the fields of the selected table and the buttons to create a new field or delete or rename an existing field are included.

If you click on “New field”, a new window appears in which some of the properties of the new field to be added to the table can be configured.

Field name: Enter the name of the new field. Type: If you click on the arrow on the right, a pull-down menu appears in which the type of field data (string, double...) can be configured.

Length: Indicate the required length of the field. (The max. length of a string field is 254 charecters).

Precision: Indicates the number of decimals a numerical field must have (only for numerical type fields).

Default value: Indicates the default value for the field when no specific value is defined in the table.

If you wish to use the delete tool (“Delete field”) and the renaming tool (“Rename field”), simply select the field to be modified and click on the corresponding button.