Re: [Qgis-user] create PostGIS view from QGis layer

2022-04-29 Thread gisnederland via Qgis-user
Hi Tim, Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. I just discovered that the "update SQL layer..." (in the layer's context menu) does the trick in a non-automated but convenient way. In that specific dialog I see both the layer's filter definition (which is a client-side filter) as well

Re: [Qgis-user] create PostGIS view from QGis layer

2022-04-28 Thread tim dunlevie via Qgis-user
Hi Gert-Jan, yes - this is done via: QGISDatabase menu dropdown --> DB Manager --> select your PostGIS database --> database dropdown, SQL window --> either script your 'view' here, or select the SQL query builder dialogue --> select 'Create View' is this what you wanted? Tim On Thu, Apr

Re: [Qgis-user] create PostGIS view from QGis layer

2022-04-28 Thread gisnederland via Qgis-user
Hi Tim and Raymond, Perhaps I'd explain a little more: The QGis database tool (as Tim suggests) converts my QGis layer "myLayer" (= a postgis table "myTable" with a QGis filter ("myFilter" applied to it) to a new postgis *table* I was hoping to find an (automated!) way to convert the layer to

Re: [Qgis-user] create PostGIS view from QGis layer

2022-04-28 Thread tim dunlevie via Qgis-user
You can also use the QGIS database tool from the menu...to get to the SQL query gui...construct your query through that - add table, add a condition (where blah = blah)...then you have the ability to create a view in the postgis database.rather than writing sql query using pgadmin etc... On

Re: [Qgis-user] create PostGIS view from QGis layer

2022-04-28 Thread Raymond Nijssen via Qgis-user
Hi Gert-Jan, Not sure how exactly you are filtering your data, but to create views you can run these queries on your PostgreSQL database using the tool you like (for example DB-manager in QGIS, or DBeaver or PGAdmin). In case this is an SQL query filter: CREATE VIEW blabla1 AS [your sql

[Qgis-user] create PostGIS view from QGis layer

2022-04-28 Thread gisnederland via Qgis-user
Hi all, I've got a QGis (3.20) project with (amongst others) 15 layers that all point to 1 postgis table, but all have a different filter applied (in QGis). I'm looking for a convenient way to convert these layers-with-filter to views in PostGIS, in which the SQL "select"-statement matches