id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,priority,milestone,component,version,resolution,keywords,cc,must_fix,platform,platform_version,status_info 1023,0 is forced instead of null in Shapefile,msieczka,jef,"r8308: 1. Create a new shapefile with 1 integer, 1 real and 1 string field. 2. Digitize a single feature, don't fill the table. *Each* fiels has value ""0"" forced, although you have not entered it. Editing table also does not let you have the cell empty; it force ""0"" as well. I don't think it is a limitation of DBF - using DBF driver in GRASS I can have empty cells in the table, for any datatype. ",bug,closed,critical: causes crash or data corruption,,Digitising,Trunk,fixed,,,Yes,All,,0