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<body class='hmmessage'>Hi Tim:<BR>
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I was thinking in provide a way for users to specify<BR>
an ogr URI in new connection dialog for database layers. For example<BR>
the user could choose in new connection dialog beetween<BR>
Postgres, OgrOracle, OgrMySQL, OgrPostgres, and OgrGeneric<BR>
types. In the case of OgrGeneric it could be only a QTextEdit in new<BR>
connection dialog where the user could write the URI(OCI:freddy/freddy@192.168.1.3/XE)<BR>
instead of specifying the parts of the uri(host, database, type, etc). This way users needing<BR>
access to other types of databases like arcsde could rebuild gdal/ogr with arcsde support and just use<BR>
ogr generic connection to load their layers into qgis.<BR>
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Best regards<BR>
Godofredo Contreras <BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>
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> Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 22:12:41 -0300<BR>> From: tim@linfiniti.com<BR>> To: frdcn@hotmail.com<BR>> Subject: Re: [Qgis-developer] generic ogr connection<BR>> CC: qgis-developer@lists.qgis.org<BR>> <BR>> Hi Godofredo<BR>> <BR>> Do you mean for file based datasources and db based one? It would<BR>> certainly be nice to combine them all in one dialog if we could find a<BR>> way to keep it user friendly...<BR>> <BR>> Regards<BR>> <BR>> Tim<BR>> <BR>> 2007/10/24, godofredo contreras <frdcn@hotmail.com>:<BR>> ><BR>> > Hi qgis developers:<BR>> ><BR>> > What do you think about having a generic ogr connection(let the user<BR>> > specify the URI manually)?<BR>> ><BR>> > if you think this is a good idea, how should be addresed? a new dialog? or<BR>> > in qgsdbsourceselect?<BR>> ><BR>> > Regards<BR>> > Godofredo Contreras<BR>> ><BR>> > ________________________________<BR>> > Climb to the top of the charts! Play Star Shuffle: the word scramble<BR>> > challenge with star power. Play Now!<BR>> > _______________________________________________<BR>> > Qgis-developer mailing list<BR>> > Qgis-developer@lists.qgis.org<BR>> > http://lists.qgis.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> <BR>> <BR>> -- <BR>> Tim Sutton<BR>> QGIS Project Steering Committee Member - Release Manager<BR>> Visit http://qgis.org for a great open source GIS<BR>> openModeller Desktop Developer<BR>> Visit http://openModeller.sf.net for a great open source ecological<BR>> niche modelling tool<BR>> Home Page: http://tim.linfiniti.com<BR>> Skype: timlinux<BR>> Irc: timlinux on #qgis at freenode.net<BR><BR><br /><hr />Windows Live Hotmail and Microsoft Office Outlook – together at last. <a href='http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HA102225181033.aspx?pid=CL100626971033' target='_new'>Get it now!</a></body>
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