Shape file field precision includes the . when saving, but not when editing in the attribute table

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Author Name: Alister Hood (@AlisterH)
Original Redmine Issue: 5173
Affected QGIS version: master
Redmine category:data_provider

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e.g. if an attribute field in a shapefile has precision = 2, when I edit it I can input values like 2.12, but when I save the layer this is rounded to 2.1

Note: I am using GDAL 1.9.0 if that is relevant.

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Related issue(s): #15139 (relates), #22032 (relates)
Redmine related issue(s): 5546, 14019

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Author Name: Paolo Cavallini (@pcav)

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• fixed_version_id was configured as Version 2.0.0

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Author Name: Alister Hood (@AlisterH)

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Also see comment by Christine at #15139

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Author Name: Jürgen Fischer (@jef-n)

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• fixed_version_id was changed from Version 2.0.0 to Future Release - Lower Priority

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Author Name: Médéric RIBREUX (Médéric RIBREUX)

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Hello, bug triage...

I can't reproduce it on QGIS 2.13 master (have set a decimal field of size 3 and precision 2).

Can you confirm this ?

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• status_id was changed from Open to Feedback

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Author Name: Alister Hood (@AlisterH)

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Yes, it is pretty much fixed.
There is a problem with a corner case which would perhaps be best filed as a new issue:

A) QGIS allows me to create a column with precision = length. I'm not sure if this itself is a bug, but it then behaves strangely with that column.
B) if I create a field with precision = length = 2 I can save either three digits before the decimal point or two after it (is this a bug or a feature of the shapefile format? Perhaps it is related to Christine's comment at #15139)
C) but the gui lets me put in a lot more digits both before and after the decimal point.
D) and even if I save the edit I can't see the "rounding" that occurs unless I reopen the attribute table.

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Author Name: Giovanni Manghi (@gioman)

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Alister Hood wrote:

Yes, it is pretty much fixed.
There is a problem with a corner case which would perhaps be best filed as a new issue

yes please, thanks!

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• status_id was changed from Feedback to Closed
• resolution was changed from to fixed/implemented

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Author Name: Alister Hood (@AlisterH)

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#22032