Working with tables
There are two types of table you can work with in QGIS: attribute tables and standalone tables. Whether they are from a database or associated with a shapefile or a flat file, they are all treated the same. Standalone tables can be added by clicking on the Add Vector Layer menu by navigating to Layer | Add Layer. QGIS supports the table formats supported by OGR, along with database tables. Tables are treated like any other GIS layer; they simply have no geometry. Both types of table can be opened within Desktop by selecting the layer/table in the Layers panel, and then by either clicking on Open Attribute Table under Layer, or by right-clicking on the data layer and choosing Open Attribute Table from the context menu. They ...
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