Bug report #16070
FeatureIDs for in-memory vector layers are counting from one, can't set them manually
| Status: | Closed | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Priority: | Normal | ||
| Assignee: | - | ||
| Category: | Vectors | ||
| Affected QGIS version: | 2.18.0 | Regression?: | No |
| Operating System: | Windows | Easy fix?: | No |
| Pull Request or Patch supplied: | No | Resolution: | end of life |
| Crashes QGIS or corrupts data: | No | Copied to github as #: | 23985 |
Description
Steps to reproduce¶
- Create new memory layer via python
- Create a feature
- Optionally: Set its ID to 0 (via feature.setFeatureID(0))
- Insert the feature (via data provider, is there another way that doesn't internally use the data provider?)
Observed behaviour¶
ID of inserted feature is 1, regardless of whether it's set or not. Additionally inserted features will have higher IDs.
Expected Behaviour¶
Index should be zero-based by default just as it is for OGR layers. When the index is set manually, it should get the assigned value.
History
#1
Updated by Giovanni Manghi over 7 years ago
- Category set to Vectors
#2
Updated by Nyall Dawson over 7 years ago
- Status changed from Open to Closed
- Resolution set to wontfix
This is by design. Feature IDs are set by the provider and are not intended or designed to be manually set.
#3
Updated by Georg Wicke over 7 years ago
- Status changed from Closed to Reopened
But we still have inconsistent behaviour of OGR vs. memory layers. They should either both use zero-based indices or both use one-based indices. This would make it possible to handle a layer copied into memory, e. g. to display something in a non-permanent fashion, in the same way as one would handle the same layer loaded directly via OGR.
#4
Updated by Georg Wicke about 7 years ago
By the way, this should at least be documented a bit more. It is not intuitive that there is a method to set the ID in the public API, which is completely useless, because that ID will be overridden anyway.
#5
Updated by Giovanni Manghi almost 7 years ago
- Regression? set to No
- Easy fix? set to No
#6
Updated by Giovanni Manghi about 5 years ago
- Resolution changed from wontfix to end of life
- Status changed from Reopened to Closed
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