fix #2903

jef · jef · commit 707522e887d8 · 2010-11-02T17:42:25.000Z
git-svn-id: http://svn.osgeo.org/qgis/trunk/qgis@14490 c8812cc2-4d05-0410-92ff-de0c093fc19c
diff --git a/src/providers/ogr/qgsogrprovider.cpp b/src/providers/ogr/qgsogrprovider.cpp
@@ -1665,6 +1665,13 @@ QGISEXTERN bool createEmptyDataSource( const QString &uri,
   //create the attribute fields
 
   QTextCodec* codec = QTextCodec::codecForName( encoding.toLocal8Bit().data() );
+  if ( !codec )
+  {
+    // fall back to "System" codec
+    codec = QTextCodec::codecForLocale();
+    Q_ASSERT( codec );
+  }
+
 
   for ( std::list<std::pair<QString, QString> >::const_iterator it = attributes.begin(); it != attributes.end(); ++it )
   {
