[Qgis-user] Selecting Objects from an ESRI file based geodatabase

[Lester Anderson]

The only way I am aware of, is to load the .gdb file, select the
layer(s) you want and then use the save-as option to save out as a
shapefile.

On 1 February 2017 at 12:22, Tyler Veinot <tylerkveinot at gmail.com> wrote:
> You can right click a layer and go to filter and enter an expression to
> filter out unwanted objects. From there save as will save to a shapefile,
> among other other formats, that will only be the items defined by the
> filter. You can also use a select expression and in the save as dialog
> select save only selected features
> Does that help?.
>
> On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 8:12 AM, Armin Konrad <armin.konrad at email.de> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>> I have opend an ESRI .gdb database (directory) in an qgis project. The
>> mayor .gdbtable-file has a size of about 3.5 GB and contains about 18.000
>> objects (polygons). It is rather awkward to work with such a database to say
>> the least since I need only 2 to 3 objects at a time.
>> I wonder, is there a way to select certain objects by filtering and
>> convert them selectively to a shape file or to copy them to a new database?
>>
>> Thanks you for suggestions.
>> Armin
>>
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