Thanks Alessandro and Even for your replies, I try your suggestions but I still get the error. I opened an issue https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/issues/37386
Kind regards, Julien > On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 2:57 PM Julien Cabieces > <julien.cabie...@oslandia.com> wrote: >> >> >> Hi alls, >> >> I was looking to create an empty GPKG layer and try the solution Even >> provide, but >> it creates an invalid file. >> >> fields=QgsFields() >> fields.append(QgsField("note", QVariant.Double)) >> QgsVectorFileWriter.create("/tmp/test.gpkg", fields, >> QgsWkbTypes.MultiLineString, QgsProject.instance().crs(), >> QgsCoordinateTransformContext(), QgsVectorFileWriter.SaveVectorOptions()) >> >> I try also: >> lyr = "mylayer" >> QgsVectorFileWriter.create("/tmp/again.gpkg", fields, >> QgsWkbTypes.MultiLineString, QgsProject.instance().crs(), >> QgsCoordinateTransformContext(), QgsVectorFileWriter.SaveVectorOptions(), >> QgsFeatureSink.SinkFlags(), None, lyr) >> >> It looks like there is no layer in the produced GPKG. Is it an issue, or am >> I misunderstanding the use of QgsVectorFileWriter? > > Hi Julien, > > I believe you need to add at least one feature to trigger the layer > creation (through QgsVectorFileWriter/GDAL). > > You may try QgsAbstractDatabaseProviderConnection::createVectorTable > or QgsProviderRegistry::createEmptyLayer (they both use the same > provider's code).. > > Hope it helps. _______________________________________________ QGIS-Developer mailing list QGIS-Developer@lists.osgeo.org List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer