[QGIS-Developer] issues with constraints(?)

[Giovanni Manghi]

Hi all,


> I have some questions on table/attributes constraints, not sure if it
> is me I don't understand how they work or if they are issues. I would
> appreciate a clarification.

no feedback, so I assume they are all bugs, see tickets links below.

cheers!

-- G --



> 1) they seem to work while adding a new feature or when updating the
> attributes using feature form that opens using the identify tool, but
> not they do not work in the table of attributes both in table view or
> form view. Is this expected?

https://issues.qgis.org/issues/21906

>
> 2) the "not null" constraint works if the attribute shows "NULL" while
> does not not if the cell is empty. While I understand the difference
> between NULL and empty, for the vast majority of users NULL=empty. Is
> this the intended behavior or is a bug? if it is the former than I
> would suggest add a "not empty" option


https://issues.qgis.org/issues/21907



> 3) I have difficulties in understand how the "expression" and
> "expression description" work: if I choose a column for the former and
> fill the latter (that is optional) with some kind of text, then when
> reopening the vector properties I find the description in the
> "expression" and the column name in the "expression description".


https://issues.qgis.org/issues/21908