Bug report #14925
DBF records not deleted, only flagged as deleted
| Status: | Closed | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Priority: | Normal | ||
| Assignee: | - | ||
| Category: | Unknown | ||
| Affected QGIS version: | 2.14.3 | Regression?: | No |
| Operating System: | Windows 7 64bit | Easy fix?: | No |
| Pull Request or Patch supplied: | No | Resolution: | end of life |
| Crashes QGIS or corrupts data: | No | Copied to github as #: | 22876 |
Description
Hi,
In v2.8 if I select and delete features from a shapefile layer, save the edits and then remove that layer the dbf file is updated so that the delete records are removed. In v2.14.3 the same steps produce a dbf with "deleted" records only flagged as deleted, not actually deleted. I have read other posts that indicate that QGIS should remove (pack) the records when the layer is removed (saving to new shapefile does delete the flagged records). I wonder if this is somehow connected to another issue I am experiencing in that v2.14.3 does not release shapefile .dbf and .shp files when the layer is removed, e.g. drag drop xyz.shp, remove xyz.shp, try deleting xyz.* in Windows Explorer (generates File in Use error, file is open is qgis.exe)
Rgds,
Tony.
History
#1
Updated by Giovanni Manghi over 7 years ago
- Easy fix? set to No
- Regression? set to No
#2
Updated by Jürgen Fischer about 7 years ago
- Category set to Unknown
#3
Updated by Giovanni Manghi over 5 years ago
- Resolution set to end of life
- Status changed from Open to Closed
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