[gdal-dev] Optimizing access to shapefiles

[Yevgen Antymyrov]

On 07/23/2010 02:31 PM, Martin Dobias wrote:
> This is exactly my intent. Vector data providers in QGIS always
> receive a list of fields that are needed, however until now OGR data
> provider couldn't make use of it, because currently there's no way in
> OGR to limit what fields should be fetched. Knowing which fields can
> be ignored allows us to save a lot of unnecessary work.

Great, I'm glad the idea was met with approval. I think I'll be following this and the 
"RFC 29" thread to be aware of new developments. Once this API is ready, I'll try to 
participate in its support in Qgis.


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Yevgen