Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS big fail in deleting Shapes!!

[Paolo Cavallini]

Il 20/01/2016 07:31, gisfi...@t-online.de ha scritto:

> In principle, I agree to support QGIS development as a sponsor. But i
> think that it makes sense only if the very fundamental things like
> reliabilty in editing the world's most used geographic data format have
> the highest priority in the project. Yet, I cannot see if this is the case.

Hi,
please understand that QGIS development is user driven: if nobody invest
in fixing an issue is because they do not think is important enough to
put their money, or work, where their tongue is.
If you are worried by this bug, please find the resources, contact a
developer, and have it fixed. It's as simple as that.
All the best.

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Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS big fail in deleting Shapes!!

[Dietrich Heintz]

Dear Uwe,
shape-file format is a proprietary format and we sometimes observe that 
huge shape-files perform better (faster) in ESRI software.

I work a lot with shape-files, but the problem you describe I never had.
If you have ArcGIS license you can manipulate the shape-file there. If 
you don't have you will do it in QGIS or any other open-source GIS software.
That is all to say about competition. If you had a version of ArcView 
you might have detected even more problems when working with huge

shape-files, although it always was very fast.

ciao Dieter

On 19.01.2016 20:09, Uwe Fischer wrote:


Hello all,

today I was working on a shape dataset and I had to delete some 
features. Later I opened the shapefile in ArcMap by chance and I found 
that the features were not deleted. They still did exist. I repeated 
the process – and got the same result. Then, searching the internet, I 
found this incredible post: https://hub.qgis.org/issues/11007


It is a well known problem (for 1,5 years!!) that /_QGIS is not able 
to delete shapes in a reliable way_/!! I was horrified to read this 
because it is the same as if a Word processor would not be able to 
delete a letter from a text. I cannot understand why the QGIS 
developers haven’t fix that yet. If QGIS really wants to compete with 
ArcMap, they should fix it as soon as possible. At least, the 
according menu entries or buttons should be inactivated if they don’t 
bring out reliable results.


My questions are:

·is this information still up to date? I can‘t read all of the 80 
answers to the post now to get in-depth information ...


·does anybody have information about how they are planning to handle 
this problem at the development team?


·is there a workaround for this? Do the GRASS vector tools bring out 
reliable results?


·are there more of those software errors in QGIS that might lead to 
huge problems in working on vector data and sharing them with others? 
If so, is there a „black list“ of things one is never allowed to use 
in QGIS if you don’t want to destroy your datasets?


Regards,

Uwe Fischer



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Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS big fail in deleting Shapes!!

[Matthias Kuhn]

Hi all,

Here is some more eplanation of the issue:

http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/58101/how-to-avoid-creating-corrupt-shapefiles-during-editing/79677#79677

I spent quite some time to fix this issue as much as possible from QGIS
side (Hint: "they" are not just lazy and ignore problems ;-) )
It seems that there is also a second (closely related) problem left to
be solved and it looks that it can be solved by shipping a newer GDAL
version.
Apparently the issue has not been completely solved yet and apparently
it is considered to be from "critical" over "big fail" to "fatal" from
the audience.
It would be awesome if you could ask the maintainer of your operation
system's builds for a quote to ship QGIS with GDAL 2.0 on your operation
system. We will gladly provide you with email addresses.

Best regards,
Matthias

On 01/19/2016 10:54 PM, Mats Elfström wrote:
> Hi!
> While all that Nicolas and Uwe says is generally true and reasonable,
> it is also true that bugs and errors can be more or less dangerous.
> With limited resources, it is even more important that bugs are
> handled according to a simple risk analysis.
> In this case, it would go something like this:
> What is the probability that users will edit shape files (high,
> moderate, low): High
> What is the probability that QGIS will damage shape files: Moderate
> (as I understand)
> What is the severity of the potential damage (fatal, reparable,
> negligible): Fatal
> And High * Moderate * Fatal equals a probable risk for fatal damage,
> which ought to prompt for a rapid fix of ths bug, regardless of where
> it resides in the QGIS ecosystem.
> But oddly enough, I have browsed through many of the posts on the
> shape file issue, but have yet to find a technical description of the
> exact cause and origin of this bug.
>
> Regards, Mats.E
>
>
> 2016-01-19 22:14 GMT+01:00 Saber Razmjooei
>  >:
>
> Dear Uwe,
>
>  
>
> There are some work-arounds and solutions provided within the ticket.
>
>  
>
> Also, work is underway to resolve the issue in the next LTR
> release. Last time I checked (5 minutes ago) it is still present
> in master.
>
>  
>
> I totally agree with you that there should be a warning to users
> to make them aware of this limitation.
>
>  
>
> In general, QGIS and other GIS/non-GIS proprietary software come
> with bugs. The reason developers haven’t fixed this bug and other
> bugs is due to lack of resources (time, money).
>
>  
>
> The project steering committee is committed to resolving the bugs
> and they have already allocated a big proportion of their income
> for bug fixing. You can see last year’s financial report hear:
>
> http://qgis.org/en/_downloads/PublicQGISfinancialreport2014.pdf
>
>  
>
>  
>
> If you think, there should be more work done to increase the
> quality of QGIS, you can get involved or contribute to the project:
>
> 
> http://qgis.org/en/site/getinvolved/governance/sponsorship/sponsorship.html
>
>  
>
> Regards,
>
> Saber
>
>  
>
> *From:*Qgis-user [mailto:qgis-user-boun...@lists.osgeo.org
> ] *On Behalf Of *Uwe Fischer
> *Sent:* 19 January 2016 19:10
> *To:* 'qgis-user ML'
> *Subject:* [Qgis-user] QGIS big fail in deleting Shapes!!
>
>  
>
> Hello all,
>
>  
>
> today I was working on a shape dataset and I had to delete some
> features. Later I opened the shapefile in ArcMap by chance and I
> found that the features were not deleted. They still did exist. I
> repeated the process – and got the same result. Then, searching
> the internet, I found this incredible post:
> https://hub.qgis.org/issues/11007
>
>  
>
> It is a well known problem (for 1,5 years!!) that /_QGIS is not
> able to delete shapes in a reliable way_/!! I was horrified to
> read this because it is the same as if a Word processor would not
> be able to delete a letter from a text. I cannot understand why
> the QGIS developers haven’t fix that yet. If QGIS really wants to
> compete with ArcMap, they should fix it as soon as possible. At
> least, the according menu entries or buttons should be inactivated
> if they don’t bring out reliable results.
>
>  
>
> My questions are:
>
> · is this information still up to date? I can‘t read all
> of the 80 answers to the post now to get in-depth information ...
>
> · does anybody have information about how they are
> planning to handle this problem at the development team?
>
> · is there a workaround for this? Do the GRASS vector
> tools bring out reliable results?
>
> · are there more of those software errors in QGIS that
> might lead to huge problems in working on vector data and sharing
> them with others? If so, is there a „black list“ o

Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS big fail in deleting Shapes!!

[gisfi...@t-online.de]

 

 

 

Dear Saber,

thank you very much for your answer. I understand that there are 
limitations in resources for the development. But if I have to deal with 
limitations, I should work on very important features first and leave less 
important things for later. Eg, if a BMW or Mercedes build a car that loses 
it wheels while you are driving, they should fix this first before thinking 
about new colors for the outer paint. When QGIS corrupts shape datasets 
without warning and this is known for months,I wonder why anybody works on 
new features like colored cells in tables. I'm sure that shapefile editing 
is so fundamental to a GI system that we don't have to discuss this 
in-depth.

 

I have very very bad experience with bugs and support of proprietary 
software, in detail it's Bentley Map (former Microstation Geographics). I 
payd thousands only to find out that the 'professional' support can't help 
users or resolve bugs in their own software. So I know that this is not a 
QGIS problem only.

 

In principle, I agree to support QGIS development as a sponsor. But i think 
that it makes sense only if the very fundamental things like reliabilty in 
editing the world's most used geographic data format have the highest 
priority in the project. Yet, I cannot see if this is the case.

 

Regards, Uwe

 

 

-Original-Nachricht-

Betreff: RE: [Qgis-user] QGIS big fail in deleting Shapes!!

Datum: 2016-01-19T22:15:04+0100

Von: "Saber Razmjooei" 

An: "'Uwe Fischer'" , "'qgis-user ML'" 


 

 

 

Dear Uwe,

 

There are some work-arounds and solutions provided within the ticket.

 

Also, work is underway to resolve the issue in the next LTR release. Last 
time I checked (5 minutes ago) it is still present in master.

 

I totally agree with you that there should be a warning to users to make 
them aware of this limitation.

 

In general, QGIS and other GIS/non-GIS proprietary software come with bugs. 
The reason developers haven’t fixed this bug and other bugs is due to lack 
of resources (time, money).

 

The project steering committee is committed to resolving the bugs and they 
have already allocated a big proportion of their income for bug fixing. You 
can see last year’s financial report hear:

http://qgis.org/en/_downloads/PublicQGISfinancialreport2014.pdf


 

 

If you think, there should be more work done to increase the quality of 
QGIS, you can get involved or contribute to the project:

http://qgis.org/en/site/getinvolved/governance/sponsorship/sponsorship.html


 

Regards,

Saber

 

From: Qgis-user [mailto:qgis-user-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of 
Uwe Fischer
Sent: 19 January 2016 19:10
To: 'qgis-user ML'
Subject: [Qgis-user] QGIS big fail in deleting Shapes!!

 

Hello all,

 

today I was working on a shape dataset and I had to delete some features. 
Later I opened the shapefile in ArcMap by chance and I found that the 
features were not deleted. They still did exist. I repeated the process – 
and got the same result. Then, searching the internet, I found this 
incredible post: https://hub.qgis.org/issues/11007


 

It is a well known problem (for 1,5 years!!) that QGIS is not able to 
delete shapes in a reliable way!! I was horrified to read this because it 
is the same as if a Word processor would not be able to delete a letter 
from a text. I cannot understand why the QGIS developers haven’t fix that 
yet. If QGIS really wants to compete with ArcMap, they should fix it as 
soon as possible. At least, the according menu entries or buttons should be 
inactivated if they don’t bring out reliable results.

 

My questions are:

· is this information still up to date? I can‘t read all of the 80 
answers to the post now to get in-depth information ...

· does anybody have information about how they are planning to 
handle this problem at the development team?

· is there a workaround for this? Do the GRASS vector tools bring 
out reliable results?

· are there more of those software errors in QGIS that might lead 
to huge problems in working on vector data and sharing them with others? If 
so, is there a „black list“ of things one is never allowed to use in QGIS 
if you don’t want to destroy your datasets?

 

 

Regards,

Uwe Fischer





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Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS big fail in deleting Shapes!!

[Mats Elfström]

Hi!
While all that Nicolas and Uwe says is generally true and reasonable, it is
also true that bugs and errors can be more or less dangerous.
With limited resources, it is even more important that bugs are handled
according to a simple risk analysis.
In this case, it would go something like this:
What is the probability that users will edit shape files (high, moderate,
low): High
What is the probability that QGIS will damage shape files: Moderate (as I
understand)
What is the severity of the potential damage (fatal, reparable,
negligible): Fatal
And High * Moderate * Fatal equals a probable risk for fatal damage, which
ought to prompt for a rapid fix of ths bug, regardless of where it resides
in the QGIS ecosystem.
But oddly enough, I have browsed through many of the posts on the shape
file issue, but have yet to find a technical description of the exact cause
and origin of this bug.

Regards, Mats.E


2016-01-19 22:14 GMT+01:00 Saber Razmjooei <
saber.razmjo...@lutraconsulting.co.uk>:

> Dear Uwe,
>
>
>
> There are some work-arounds and solutions provided within the ticket.
>
>
>
> Also, work is underway to resolve the issue in the next LTR release. Last
> time I checked (5 minutes ago) it is still present in master.
>
>
>
> I totally agree with you that there should be a warning to users to make
> them aware of this limitation.
>
>
>
> In general, QGIS and other GIS/non-GIS proprietary software come with
> bugs. The reason developers haven’t fixed this bug and other bugs is due to
> lack of resources (time, money).
>
>
>
> The project steering committee is committed to resolving the bugs and they
> have already allocated a big proportion of their income for bug fixing. You
> can see last year’s financial report hear:
>
> http://qgis.org/en/_downloads/PublicQGISfinancialreport2014.pdf
>
>
>
>
>
> If you think, there should be more work done to increase the quality of
> QGIS, you can get involved or contribute to the project:
>
> http://qgis.org/en/site/getinvolved/governance/sponsorship/sponsorship.html
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Saber
>
>
>
> *From:* Qgis-user [mailto:qgis-user-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] *On Behalf
> Of *Uwe Fischer
> *Sent:* 19 January 2016 19:10
> *To:* 'qgis-user ML'
> *Subject:* [Qgis-user] QGIS big fail in deleting Shapes!!
>
>
>
> Hello all,
>
>
>
> today I was working on a shape dataset and I had to delete some features.
> Later I opened the shapefile in ArcMap by chance and I found that the
> features were not deleted. They still did exist. I repeated the process –
> and got the same result. Then, searching the internet, I found this
> incredible post: https://hub.qgis.org/issues/11007
>
>
>
> It is a well known problem (for 1,5 years!!) that *QGIS is not able to
> delete shapes in a reliable way*!! I was horrified to read this because
> it is the same as if a Word processor would not be able to delete a letter
> from a text. I cannot understand why the QGIS developers haven’t fix that
> yet. If QGIS really wants to compete with ArcMap, they should fix it as
> soon as possible. At least, the according menu entries or buttons should be
> inactivated if they don’t bring out reliable results.
>
>
>
> My questions are:
>
> · is this information still up to date? I can‘t read all of the
> 80 answers to the post now to get in-depth information ...
>
> · does anybody have information about how they are planning to
> handle this problem at the development team?
>
> · is there a workaround for this? Do the GRASS vector tools bring
> out reliable results?
>
> · are there more of those software errors in QGIS that might lead
> to huge problems in working on vector data and sharing them with others? If
> so, is there a „black list“ of things one is never allowed to use in QGIS
> if you don’t want to destroy your datasets?
>
>
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Uwe Fischer
>
>
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Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS big fail in deleting Shapes!!

[Clifford Snow]

On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 1:14 PM, Saber Razmjooei <
saber.razmjo...@lutraconsulting.co.uk> wrote:

> In general, QGIS and other GIS/non-GIS proprietary software come with
> bugs. The reason developers haven’t fixed this bug and other bugs is due to
> lack of resources (time, money).


Proprietary software also comes with bugs, arcgis is no exception. One of
the advantages is you can see the status of the bug and help resolve the
bug. Proprietary software seems to be focusing on fixing bugs for their
biggest customers.


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Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS big fail in deleting Shapes!!

[Saber Razmjooei]

Dear Uwe,

 

There are some work-arounds and solutions provided within the ticket.

 

Also, work is underway to resolve the issue in the next LTR release. Last
time I checked (5 minutes ago) it is still present in master.

 

I totally agree with you that there should be a warning to users to make
them aware of this limitation.

 

In general, QGIS and other GIS/non-GIS proprietary software come with bugs.
The reason developers haven't fixed this bug and other bugs is due to lack
of resources (time, money). 

 

The project steering committee is committed to resolving the bugs and they
have already allocated a big proportion of their income for bug fixing. You
can see last year's financial report hear:

http://qgis.org/en/_downloads/PublicQGISfinancialreport2014.pdf

 

 

If you think, there should be more work done to increase the quality of
QGIS, you can get involved or contribute to the project:

http://qgis.org/en/site/getinvolved/governance/sponsorship/sponsorship.html

 

Regards,

Saber

 

From: Qgis-user [mailto:qgis-user-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Uwe
Fischer
Sent: 19 January 2016 19:10
To: 'qgis-user ML'
Subject: [Qgis-user] QGIS big fail in deleting Shapes!!

 

Hello all,

 

today I was working on a shape dataset and I had to delete some features.
Later I opened the shapefile in ArcMap by chance and I found that the
features were not deleted. They still did exist. I repeated the process -
and got the same result. Then, searching the internet, I found this
incredible post: https://hub.qgis.org/issues/11007

 

It is a well known problem (for 1,5 years!!) that QGIS is not able to delete
shapes in a reliable way!! I was horrified to read this because it is the
same as if a Word processor would not be able to delete a letter from a
text. I cannot understand why the QGIS developers haven't fix that yet. If
QGIS really wants to compete with ArcMap, they should fix it as soon as
possible. At least, the according menu entries or buttons should be
inactivated if they don't bring out reliable results.

 

My questions are:

. is this information still up to date? I can't read all of the 80
answers to the post now to get in-depth information ...

. does anybody have information about how they are planning to
handle this problem at the development team?

. is there a workaround for this? Do the GRASS vector tools bring
out reliable results?

. are there more of those software errors in QGIS that might lead to
huge problems in working on vector data and sharing them with others? If so,
is there a "black list" of things one is never allowed to use in QGIS if you
don't want to destroy your datasets?

 

 

Regards,

Uwe Fischer



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Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS big fail in deleting Shapes!!

[Nicolas Cadieux]

Hi, 
Generally speaking, if you save yours edits regularly, you should not have 
problems. You should also save multiple version of the same files with varying 
naming conventions as good practice. 
Remember that closing or saving a project will not save your edits.  You 
must specifically save the layers before exiting.  I believe there is not 
a warning  when you exit a project. 
If you have found a bug report explaining the problem, I suggest you read it 
completely.  If the problem is different or not resolved, place a new bug 
report and do a follow up as they may need more information.  If you don't 
help, some issues may not be fixed because the problem cannot be reproduced. 
Some issues do take time to resolve as QGIS does not evolve alone in the 
world.  QGIS works because it relies on other project like GDAL.  So 
even if you find a problem in QGIS, the problem may not be QGIS issue.  In 
that case, you will be redirected to the other projects to fill the bug report. 
To my knowledge, there is no black list of things not to do.  You can use 
version 2.8 (long term release) instead of the latest version 2.12.3 with 
cutting edge features. 
Speaking of black lists, I have never see such a list ( or even a  full 
public bug report list) for AutoCad, MapInfo, Clark lab, ArcMap or Microsoft 
Word.  The reason is simple, they are secret and would show the true 
amount if bugs these software have.  I prefer to work in an environment 
where this knowledge is public. 
If the problem persists, try other software like Grass, udig or Saga to do the 
edits and you will be happy to know that you haven't paid 5000$ for those 
softwares either! 
Cheers! 
Nicolas Cadieux M.Sc. 
On Jan 19, 2016 1:59 PM, "Uwe Fischer [via OSGeo.org]" 
 wrote: Hello all,   today I was 
working on a shape dataset and I had to delete some features. Later I opened 
the shapefile in ArcMap by chance and I found that the features were not 
deleted. They still did exist. I repeated the process – and got the same 
result. Then, searching the internet, I found this incredible post: 
https://hub.qgis.org/issues/11007   It is a well known problem (for 1,5 
years!!) that QGIS is not able to delete shapes in a reliable way!! I was 
horrified to read this because it is the same as if a Word processor would not 
be able to delete a letter from a text. I cannot understand why the QGIS 
developers haven’t fix that yet. If QGIS really wants to compete with ArcMap, 
they should fix it as soon as possible. At least, the according menu entries or 
buttons should be inactivated if they don’t bring out reliable results.   My 
questions are: · is this information still up to date? I can‘t read all 
of the 80 answers to the post now to get in-depth information ... · 
does anybody have information about how they are planning to handle this 
problem at the development team? · is there a workaround for this? Do 
the GRASS vector tools bring out reliable results? · are there more of 
those software errors in QGIS that might lead to huge problems in working on 
vector data and sharing them with others? If so, is there a „black list“ of 
things one is never allowed to use in QGIS if you don’t want to destroy your 
datasets?     Regards, Uwe Fischer 
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[Qgis-user] QGIS big fail in deleting Shapes!!

[Uwe Fischer]

Hello all,

 

today I was working on a shape dataset and I had to delete some features.
Later I opened the shapefile in ArcMap by chance and I found that the
features were not deleted. They still did exist. I repeated the process -
and got the same result. Then, searching the internet, I found this
incredible post: https://hub.qgis.org/issues/11007

 

It is a well known problem (for 1,5 years!!) that QGIS is not able to delete
shapes in a reliable way!! I was horrified to read this because it is the
same as if a Word processor would not be able to delete a letter from a
text. I cannot understand why the QGIS developers haven't fix that yet. If
QGIS really wants to compete with ArcMap, they should fix it as soon as
possible. At least, the according menu entries or buttons should be
inactivated if they don't bring out reliable results.

 

My questions are:

* is this information still up to date? I can't read all of the 80
answers to the post now to get in-depth information ...

* does anybody have information about how they are planning to
handle this problem at the development team?

* is there a workaround for this? Do the GRASS vector tools bring
out reliable results?

* are there more of those software errors in QGIS that might lead to
huge problems in working on vector data and sharing them with others? If so,
is there a "black list" of things one is never allowed to use in QGIS if you
don't want to destroy your datasets?

 

 

Regards,

Uwe Fischer

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Re: [Qgis-user] Insert backgroung color in a cell

[Raymond Nijssen]

Hi Giacomo,

You can do it but it is a fairly new feature. I think introduced in 2.12.

In the attribute table window on the top right corner is a button with
coloured blocks which opens the 'conditional format rules' panel. I
think you will find your way from there.

Does not (yet) seem to work in the print composer though...

Good luck,
Raymond


On 19-01-16 15:30, Giacomo Minotti wrote:
> Hi all,
> in a shp file is it possible to color the cells of a column through one
> generic condition, for example the strings insert in another column
> (1-green, 2, red, 3-yellow,ect...)?
> I'd like to have the color column in a table inside the print composer,
> with other columns of other description.
> Thanks
> Giacomo Minotti
> 
> 
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[Qgis-user] Insert backgroung color in a cell

[Giacomo Minotti]

Hi all,
in a shp file is it possible to color the cells of a column through one
generic condition, for example the strings insert in another column
(1-green, 2, red, 3-yellow,ect...)?
I'd like to have the color column in a table inside the print composer,
with other columns of other description.
Thanks
Giacomo Minotti
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Re: [Qgis-user] How to save/export/import Styles in Spatiallite

[Luigi Pirelli]

Hi Lene

I did that part of code... are you saying that the "export to
Database" voice is not present for you spatialite layer? or it's
present but you got errors?

can you share also you running environment details?

cheers
Luigi Pirelli

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On 19 January 2016 at 12:16, Lene Fischer  wrote:
> Hi Richard,
> Exatly what I´m looking for.
> Normally - while using a shape - I can send the the QML file to another user 
> - but in a SpatialLite I don´t have this option.
> I´m searching for a similar option. My studenta are working in groups and has 
> divided the large task in subgroups. When they want to share the work from a 
> Spatiallite we end up in a blind alley.
>
> Regards
> Lene
>
> -Oprindelig meddelelse-
> Fra: Qgis-user [mailto:qgis-user-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] På vegne af Richard 
> Duivenvoorde
> Sendt: 19. januar 2016 11:54
> Til: qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org
> Emne: Re: [Qgis-user] How to save/export/import Styles in Spatiallite
>
> On 19-01-16 11:10, Lene Fischer wrote:
>> We are right now working with Styles in Spatiallite.
>>
>> Can´t find any tutorial about this topic.
>>
>> My students had categorizes a layer and now want to share/save/export
>> these styles – but we can´t figure how to do this.
>
> In the Layer properties dialog, in the Style item, in the Style dropdown on 
> the bottom near the Help button, there is (for spatialite and
> postgis) and option to save the style in the database.
>
> Is that what you are looking for?
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Duivenvoorde
>
> ps while trying here... I got a 'Error looking for style, The query was 
> logged' message, but hopefully that is a local problem...
>
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Re: [Qgis-user] How to save/export/import Styles in Spatiallite

[Richard Duivenvoorde]

On 19-01-16 12:16, Lene Fischer wrote:
> Hi Richard,
> Exatly what I´m looking for.
> Normally - while using a shape - I can send the the QML file to another user 
> - but in a SpatialLite I don´t have this option.
> I´m searching for a similar option. My studenta are working in groups and has 
> divided the large task in subgroups. When they want to share the work from a 
> Spatiallite we end up in a blind alley.

Mmm, but you can still saveAs QML file isn't it? Even as sld file. It is
in the same dropdown as save to db?

And note that you can also copy/paste styles from one layer to another
via context menu ( though off course not between computers/students :-) )

Regards,

R



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Re: [Qgis-user] How to save/export/import Styles in Spatiallite

[Lene Fischer]

Hi Richard,
Exatly what I´m looking for.
Normally - while using a shape - I can send the the QML file to another user - 
but in a SpatialLite I don´t have this option.
I´m searching for a similar option. My studenta are working in groups and has 
divided the large task in subgroups. When they want to share the work from a 
Spatiallite we end up in a blind alley.

Regards
Lene

-Oprindelig meddelelse-
Fra: Qgis-user [mailto:qgis-user-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] På vegne af Richard 
Duivenvoorde
Sendt: 19. januar 2016 11:54
Til: qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org
Emne: Re: [Qgis-user] How to save/export/import Styles in Spatiallite

On 19-01-16 11:10, Lene Fischer wrote:
> We are right now working with Styles in Spatiallite.
> 
> Can´t find any tutorial about this topic.
> 
> My students had categorizes a layer and now want to share/save/export 
> these styles – but we can´t figure how to do this.

In the Layer properties dialog, in the Style item, in the Style dropdown on the 
bottom near the Help button, there is (for spatialite and
postgis) and option to save the style in the database.

Is that what you are looking for?

Regards,

Richard Duivenvoorde

ps while trying here... I got a 'Error looking for style, The query was logged' 
message, but hopefully that is a local problem...

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Re: [Qgis-user] How to save/export/import Styles in Spatiallite

[Richard Duivenvoorde]

On 19-01-16 11:10, Lene Fischer wrote:
> We are right now working with Styles in Spatiallite.
> 
> Can´t find any tutorial about this topic.
> 
> My students had categorizes a layer and now want to share/save/export
> these styles – but we can´t figure how to do this.

In the Layer properties dialog, in the Style item, in the Style dropdown
on the bottom near the Help button, there is (for spatialite and
postgis) and option to save the style in the database.

Is that what you are looking for?

Regards,

Richard Duivenvoorde

ps while trying here... I got a 'Error looking for style, The query was
logged' message, but hopefully that is a local problem...

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[Qgis-user] How to save/export/import Styles in Spatiallite

[Lene Fischer]

We are right now working with Styles in Spatiallite.
Can´t find any tutorial about this topic.

My students had categorizes a layer and now want to share/save/export these 
styles – but we can´t figure how to do this.

Help appreaciated.
Regards
Lene Fischer

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