Bug report #16787

Error when clicking button 'TEST' with for the rule "ELSE" in rule based renderer

Added by Julien Monticolo almost 7 years ago. Updated about 5 years ago.

Status:Closed
Priority:Normal
Assignee:-
Category:Symbology
Affected QGIS version:2.18.10 Regression?:No
Operating System: Easy fix?:No
Pull Request or Patch supplied:No Resolution:end of life
Crashes QGIS or corrupts data:No Copied to github as #:24686

Description

Hi,

For rule based styling or rule base labeling, when the filter is ELSE and the button 'Test' is clicked, an error appear :

:syntax error, unexpected ELSE

BTW the rule works perfectly.

Another thing, the ELSE expression can't be found in the expression builder.

History

#1 Updated by Giovanni Manghi almost 7 years ago

  • Status changed from Open to Feedback

Just tried an expression that contains "ELSE" (the function is "CASE", this is why you don't "find" it with the filter) and it works perfectly (the "test" button). Can you post the expression ypu are using? thanks.

#2 Updated by Julien Monticolo almost 7 years ago

To reproduce :

  1. First rule :
  • rule name : 'Rule 1'
  • filter : $id <= 10
  1. Second rule :
  • rule name : 'Rule 2'
  • filter : ELSE

And if I click the 'test' button on the second rule, the error appear.

Note that if I create a categorized style and I switch after to the rule based styling, the rule 'ELSE' is automaticly added, and if I test this rule, the same error appear too.

#3 Updated by Giovanni Manghi almost 7 years ago

  • Category changed from Expressions to Symbology
  • Status changed from Feedback to Open
  • Subject changed from Error when clicking button 'TEST' with the rule ELSE to Error when clicking button 'TEST' with for the rule "ELSE" in rule based renderer

Right, I forgot of that scenario.

#4 Updated by Harrissou Santanna over 5 years ago

Still valid in master 3.3, even with the dedicated "Else" radiobutton: if you enable the Else option, you have no access to the Test button but if you then check the Filter button, the line edit widget is filled with an "ELSE" expression that returns the Filter expression parsing error: syntax error, unexpected ELSE message when you press "Test".

#5 Updated by Giovanni Manghi about 5 years ago

  • Status changed from Open to Closed
  • Resolution set to end of life

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