[Qgis-user] QGIS 2.10.1 adding PostGIS Views

[Sandro Santilli]

I agree with Luca this should have been better not backported to 2.8.3.
Only proper bugs should be backported, and this was a (debatable)
GUI enhancement, as far as I can tell.

BTW: resolution of #11317 is set to "wontfix"

--strk;

On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 09:00:15PM +0200, Luca Lanteri wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I noticed that this new behavior has been backported to 2.8.3.
> I think this behavior should be considered a regression because now it's
> very uncomfortable to load views, specially when I have to load many views.
> I also noticed that lot of users are confused, because they thinks that
> views doesn't work. I think the old behavior was better because it allowed
> both to choose a custom gid and to load view faster.
> Currently we decide to remain with 2.8.2.
> 
> What about reconsidering to return to the old behavior ?
> 
> Thanks
> Luca
> 
> 2015-08-06 20:58 GMT+02:00 Jürgen E. <jef at norbit.de>:
> 
> > Hi Randal,
> >
> > On Thu, 06. Aug 2015 at 13:53:08 -0400, Randal Hale wrote:
> > > In 2.8.x I can add the view and the Primary key is automatically
> > displayed.
> >
> > No, you're supposed to select the primary key.  In 2.8.x you also have to
> > choose from all columns, but first one is preselected.  If that happens to
> > be
> > the primary key, you're fine, but that's not always the case and hence
> > newer versions force you to actually select it.
> >
> > Jürgen
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