Problems with "Add Field"

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02-17-2016 01:53 PM
BrunaCavalcante
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Hello everyone!

I'm having problems to add a field on my shape's attribute table. When i try to add a Double column, it should show the options "scale" and "precision" for me to fill, but it keeps showing the options "alias", "allow null values" and "default value". How can i change that?

Thank you for the help!

P.S.: I'm using ArcGIS 10.

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AdrianWelsh
MVP Honored Contributor

yeah that's true. Sometimes old shapefile habits are hard to break!

BrunaCavalcante
New Contributor

But I i'm working with a shapefile, not a geodatabase...

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DanPatterson_Retired
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shapefiles don't support alias

Add Field—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop

other readings

Working with fields in shapefiles by adding a field in ArcCatalog—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop

in geodatabase you can only change properties when the table is empty,

Alter Field—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop

and shapefiles would be the same