Re: [Qgis-user] spatialite (and postgis) queries

2010-09-30 Thread Mike Toews
If your query is very common, you might want to consider making a database VIEW, so you can add the dynamic layer whenever you want. To do this, just tailor your SELECT statement so it shows the right columns, including geometry and a unique integer column (this can be tricky). For PostGIS, I'd su

Re: [Qgis-user] spatialite (and postgis) queries

2010-09-30 Thread Ricardo Filipe Soares Garcia da
Hi all Thanks for your positive (and fast!) replies. I'll be giving the RT Sql layer plugin a try and I'll also investigate whether this functionality is available (using python scripting) with spatialite layers. Jurgen: thanks for the SQL EXISTS tip. I have to brush up on my SQL ;) Still I didn

Re: [Qgis-user] spatialite (and postgis) queries

2010-09-30 Thread Jürgen E . Fischer
Hi Carson, On Thu, 30. Sep 2010 at 13:18:46 +0100, Carson Farmer wrote: > http://www.carsonfarmer.com/?p=713 > and the RT Sql Layer plugin > > 1 - Is it possible to build a query where two (or more) layers are > > involved? Something like: > > > > SELECT a.* > > FROM a, b > > WHERE Contains(b, a)

Re: [Qgis-user] spatialite (and postgis) queries

2010-09-30 Thread Giuseppe Sucameli
Hi Ricardo, On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 2:15 PM, Ricardo Filipe Soares Garcia da < ricardo.garcia.si...@gmail.com> wrote: > Some questions on building querys with spatialite and postgis: You can use the RT Sql Layer plugin, but for postgis layers only. In this moment there is no way to do the same

Re: [Qgis-user] spatialite (and postgis) queries

2010-09-30 Thread Carson Farmer
Have a look at this: http://www.carsonfarmer.com/?p=713 and the RT Sql Layer plugin Carson On 30 September 2010 13:15, Ricardo Filipe Soares Garcia da wrote: > Hi list > Some questions on building querys with spatialite and postgis: > > 1 - Is it possible to build a query where two (or more) l

[Qgis-user] spatialite (and postgis) queries

2010-09-30 Thread Ricardo Filipe Soares Garcia da
Hi list Some questions on building querys with spatialite and postgis: 1 - Is it possible to build a query where two (or more) layers are involved? Something like: SELECT a.* FROM a, b WHERE Contains(b, a) and get a visual result in the main Qgis display? I know I can do such a query using the s