[Qgis-user] QGIS crashes when saving an edited table and retaining old symbology, other attribute table issues

[William Kyngesburye]

On Oct 5, 2009, at 12:24 PM, Zane Selvans wrote:

> I'm using QGIS 1.3.0 on OS X 10.6.1 (I got the build and dependencies
> from KyngChaos), and I've had a recurring issue in which when I edit
> the attribute table for a layer which is stored in PostGIS with the
> Table Manager plugin, and then "save as" a shapefile, and then tell
> the plugin yes, I'd like to add the new layer to the TOC, and please
> retain the old symbology, QGIS crashes.  It seems to happen every
> time.  If I don't try and retain the old symbology, it doesn't crash.
> I have not been editing any columns in the table used to determine how
> the features display.
>
Look for a crashlog for Qgis (use Console.app).  For me at least, I  
can see if there is a build problem.

> I've also noticed that often (but not always) when I view the
> attribute table for a layer, it only displays the first few, or few
> dozen entries, instead of the entire list of records.  I know the
> records are there, because if I re-sort the table I can see things
> that weren't displayed before.  Seems odd.
>
> Another issue: if I'm editing a vector layer, which has only a single
> field in its attribute table (you can't create one that has no
> fields), and I create a new feature, and don't enter a value for that
> one field, then the feature is not saved.  I ran into this recently
> when digitizing features for which I really just wanted a unique ID
> (like the gid, which is automatically generated) and the geometry.  I
> turned off the attribute table prompt in the main QGIS preferences,
> and merrily went along my way digitizing, only to realize later that
> none of those features actually got saved. :(
>
> Has anybody else seen these issues?  What's the appropriate place to
> post this kind of thing?  I searched in Trac and didn't see these
> particular problems.
>
Possibly bugs, someone else might have a better idea.

If it's a common problem and not a quick fix, a bug report would be in  
order (if not already done).

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