[QGIS-trac] [Quantum GIS] #1978: QGIS freezes while opening big shapefiles

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#1978: QGIS freezes while opening big shapefiles
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   Reporter:  lutra                                      |              Owner:  nobody       
       Type:  bug                                        |             Status:  new          
   Priority:  critical: causes crash or data corruption  |          Milestone:  Version 1.4.0
  Component:  Data Provider                              |            Version:  HEAD         
   Keywords:                                             |   Platform_version:               
   Platform:  Debian                                     |           Must_fix:  No           
Status_info:  0                                          |  
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 Hi,

 I noticed that while trying open a quite big shapefile

 http://www.iucnredlist.org/resources/spatial/mammals/cetartiodactyla_v1223400057.zip

 Qgis freezes, or at least do not give sign of life for a long time. The
 same shapefile on other software (ex. gvsig) opens in a matter of seconds.

 Using QGIS trunk (compiled today) under Ubuntu 9.04

 The same behaviour was reported by others with other big shapefiles.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/ticket/1978>
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