[Qgis-developer] Re: [Qgis-user] Questions about vector connections to ArcSDE

[Stefan Keller]

Hi Alister, hi QGIS user and QGIS dev

2011/9/26 Alister Hood <alister.hood at synergine.com>:
> 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
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Was there an outcome of these observations and questions?

Has anybody tested it with ArcSDE 10.x (especially under Windows)?

Yours, S.