AW: Re: [Qgis-user] New PostGIS SQL Query Editor Plugin

[John C. Tull]

On Mar 13, 2009, at 12:43 AM, Andreas Neumann wrote:

> Hi Horst,
>
> Thanks for providing this useful plugin.
>
> Following the discussion I suggest that you try using the  
> MemoryProvider
> instead of Shapefiles. In many cases, one doesn't want to store the
> results of the query - so the memory provider would be a good place  
> for
> the temporary storage of the result.
>
> If the user wants to store the results he can still write it to a
> shapefile or to Postgis.
>
> Here is some sample code for the MemoryProvider:
> http://wiki.qgis.org/qgiswiki/PythonBindings
> (search for memory provider)
>
> I haven't used it myself, but it looks like a perfect thing to use for
> your plugin.


+1