[QGIS-Developer] QGIS 4: PostgreSQL layer properties 'Information from provider' is not displayed correctly

[Nyall Dawson]

On Fri, 5 Jun 2026 at 22:58, Rainer Hurling via QGIS-Developer
<qgis-developer at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
>
> Dear Devs,
> I was unable to attach a screenshot to a GitHub issue. Therefore, I am
> describing the following issue here in the list, as it is difficult to
> describe the error without an image.
>
> In QGIS 4, in released versions up to 4.0.3 as well as in today's devel
> branch, the “Information from provider” section in the properties of
> PostgreSQL layers is displayed incorrectly. This happens in the browser
> and also with loaded layers.
>
> Instead of the expected information under Privileges or Spatial Index, a
> list of dots is displayed. Each dot in the list contains exactly one
> character. All characters in a list appear to be SQL commands or
> parameters? The attached screenshot shows a section where the display
> error can be seen.
>
> This occurs on Windows 10, 11, and FreeBSD. In QGIS 3, the properties of
> PostgreSQL layers are displayed correctly.

Fixed in https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/pull/66402

Nyall

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