From b6dd1e411927fc31880862bad99e7fef12a0ae60 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Juergen E. Fischer" <jef@norbit.de>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2015 08:18:12 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix string truncation with spatialite and memory layers
 (followup 065d190d)

---
 src/core/qgsfield.cpp | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/core/qgsfield.cpp b/src/core/qgsfield.cpp
index a2dca815e84..9a2cb5c417a 100644
--- a/src/core/qgsfield.cpp
+++ b/src/core/qgsfield.cpp
@@ -157,9 +157,9 @@ bool QgsField::convertCompatible( QVariant& v ) const
     return true;
   }
 
-  if ( mType == QVariant::String && mLength >= 0 && v.toString().length() > mLength )
+  if ( mType == QVariant::String && mLength > 0 && v.toString().length() > mLength )
   {
-    v = QVariant( mType );
+    v = v.toString().left( mLength );
     return false;
   }