[Qgis-user] Questions about vector connections to ArcSDE

[Alister Hood]

Hi,
We've been trying to troubleshoot connection to ArcSDE, in the forum at
http://forum.qgis.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=8835&p=21599 and subsequently
via PM.  If anyone has some experience with this, we're wondering a few
things:
1) If you have write permissions (i.e. the right username and password),
and you connect via "Add vector layer->Database->ESRI ArcSDE", should
the connection be read-write?  Marty is finding that it is read-only.
2) Can you connect to a remote ArcSDE server via "Add vector
layer->Database->ESRI ArcSDE"?
3) If you are connecting to a remote ArcSDE server, either this way, or
using a VRT, what do you enter as the "host"?  Is it the url of the
server, without any http etc?
4) Using a VRT, Marty is finding that it appears to be read-write
(although the "delete features" button is disabled), but when he stops
editing nothing is actually saved back to the SDE.  Does it work for
anybody else?
5) Using a VRT, Marty is finding that some of the attribute fields show
up with NULL values, but connecting via "Add vector
layer->Database->ESRI ArcSDE" the correct values are shown.  Does
anybody have an idea about this?

Thanks,
Alister