[QGIS-Developer] Where are value maps / defaults stored on shape file layers?

[Patrick Dunford]

Submitted as #18239


On 25/02/18 00:46, Matthias Kuhn wrote:
> Hi Patrick,
>
> You are correct, this data is stored in the project file. If the project
> hasn't been saved prior to the crash, this configuration is lost.
>
> There is definitely a good reason to report an issue, because the app
> crashed. Please provide as much information as possible that can help as
> a lead why this happened (a backtrace of the crash being the most useful
> one; and an exact description of at what point and after what actions it
> happened being inevitable).
>
> To avoid loss of work, there is an autosaver plugin
> (https://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/autoSaver/) that regularly saves the
> project configuration. I'm not sure it's updated to QGIS 3 yet.
>
> Regards
>
> Matthias
>
>
> On 02/24/2018 08:05 AM, Patrick Dunford wrote:
>> It would seem this data is stored in the project file?
>>
>> Given I can't produce a corrupted project file (I can only produce the
>> files for the affected laye) is there any point in filing a bug for this.
>>
>>
>> On 24/02/18 20:01, Patrick Dunford wrote:
>>> Good evening (here)
>>>
>>> I had Qgis 2.99 crash and it left the shape file data with three of
>>> the data files that make up the shapefile, with _packed in their name.
>>>
>>> Although renaming the files got the data back, the value maps and
>>> default values for new features for this layer have disappeared.
>>>
>>> Is there a particular file that stores this data for the layer
>>> (before I decide whether this could be a bug or not)?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
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