The following steps will allow you to update the stream names in your new basins_all shapefile with those you have added or modified in your xxxx_ref_basins or xxxx_ref_sl shapefile.
This procedure will result in a direct transfer of all customized stream names to the basins_all shapefile.
For these instructions, we will use the xxxx_ref_basins shapefile (but you could also use the xxxx_ref_sl shapefile if it contains your customized names).
a) Click the Query Builder button (hammer with question mark) or select Query from the Table menu. In the box that appears, build the following query:
( [Pfaf_join] <> "" )
Click "New Set". This will select all records corresponding to the basins in the xxxx_aggr_basins shapefile.
b) Replace the previous query in the Query Builder box with the following:
( [Streamname] <> [New_name] )
Click "Select From Set". This will select all records from the current selection where the old and new stream names are different.
c) Replace the previous query in the Query Builder box with the following:
( [New_name] <> "" )
Click "Select From Set" and close the Query Builder window.
The final query selects only the records in the New_name field that have names to avoid replacing named streams with blanks.
This will copy the names in the New_name field to the Streamname field for the selected records in the table.
You are now ready to prepare the shapefiles for localization.