Feature request #18428

Editing of a filtered OGR vector layer

Added by Arjan Mossel about 6 years ago. Updated over 5 years ago.

Status:Open
Priority:Normal
Assignee:-
Category:Data Provider/OGR
Pull Request or Patch supplied:No Resolution:
Easy fix?:No Copied to github as #:26317

Description

I understand that it will not be possible to allow simultaneous filtering (provider feature filter) and editing of an OGR layer like Shapefile, GeoPackage, plain SQLite ("editing on a filtered layer won't be possible because of the way OGR provider construct a filtered layer", #17795-6). But with SpatiaLite (and other databases?) it should presumably be possible, and in QGIS2 it is (example: https://gis.stackexchange.com/a/231046).

But in QGIS 3.0 the edit option is unavailable when a filter is applied on a SpatiaLite layer. A regression?


Related issues

Related to QGIS Application - Bug report #16027: Editing GeoPackage from DWG/DXF Import after Save as Laye... Closed 2017-01-02
Duplicated by QGIS Application - Bug report #19951: Edit mode doesn't work when ogr vector layers have filters Closed 2018-09-26

History

#1 Updated by Arjan Mossel about 6 years ago

Update: user error. I'd added the SpatiaLite layer via the Vector menu, and therefore it wasn't recognized as SpatiaLite. When added as SpatiaLite it works as desired.

It would be user-friendly to check SQLite data sources for SpatiaLite functionality and offer to use it when it is available.

#2 Updated by Jürgen Fischer about 6 years ago

  • Description updated (diff)

#3 Updated by Alessandro Pasotti over 5 years ago

  • Status changed from Open to Closed
  • Resolution set to wontfix
  • Tracker changed from Bug report to Feature request

Due to the way different providers are implemented in QGIS, this is not going to happen unless we proceed with a deep refactoring of the code.

Feel free to open a feature request, but I doubt it will be implemented.

#4 Updated by Giovanni Manghi over 5 years ago

  • Category changed from Data Provider/SpatiaLite to Data Provider/OGR
  • Resolution deleted (wontfix)
  • Status changed from Closed to Open

Feel free to open a feature request, but I doubt it will be implemented.

let's keep it open as feature request then, even if is a long shot.

#5 Updated by Regis Haubourg over 5 years ago

  • Subject changed from Editing of a filtered SpatiaLite layer to Editing of a filtered OGR vector layer

#6 Updated by Alessandro Pasotti over 5 years ago

  • Duplicated by Bug report #19951: Edit mode doesn't work when ogr vector layers have filters added

#7 Updated by Arjan Mossel over 5 years ago

It's getting a bit confusing what the feature request is about now.

1. My initial question was about editing filtered SpatiaLite, which actually works already.
2. Then I wondered whether SpatiaLite could be recognized when opening the database via the (wrong) vector menu (i.e. propose to open as SpatiaLite instead of plain SQLite).
3. But now the title is changed to "Editing of a filtered OGR vector layer", which as I understood from Alessandro Pasotti's comment https://issues.qgis.org/issues/17795#note-6 is not possible.

Are we leaving this open as feature request for 2 or 3?

#8 Updated by Jürgen Fischer about 5 years ago

  • Related to Bug report #16027: Editing GeoPackage from DWG/DXF Import after Save as Layer Definition File added

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