[Qgis-user] RE: Create an ODBC connection

[Alister Hood]

I presume so.
You just select the file, it gives you a list of layers, and the ones you select are loaded just like any other layer - they can be symbolised, saved as shapefiles etc.  I think they may be read-only, but I'm not sure. 

Alister

> -----Original Message-----
> From: kidsmake6until2019 at gmail.com
> [mailto:kidsmake6until2019 at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Brad Nesom
> Sent: Tuesday, 23 November 2010 10:59 a.m.
> To: Alister Hood
> Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] RE: Create an ODBC connection
> 
> actually connecting to an esri pgdb as odbc is not that useful. You
> would have access to the database tables but not as geo-objects.
> I assume that the vector layer connection will use ogr?
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 3:07 PM, Alister Hood
> <alister.hood at synergine.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> 	On Windows at least you should also be able to use it by
> 	Layer-Add Vector Layer-File
> 	I don't know how this compares with connecting to it as a
> database.
> 	Maybe it is read-only, but when connected to as a database it is
> 	writeable, or something like that.  Does anyone know?
> 
> 	Regards,
> 	Alister
> 
> 	> Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 05:34:14 -0800 (PST)
> 	> From: LeventB <solfallsild at gaia.de>
> 	> Subject: [Qgis-user] Create an ODBC connection
> 	> To: qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org
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> 	> Hi everybody!
> 	>
> 	> I am running QGis on a Windows OS and i want to load files from
> an
> 	ESRI
> 	> personal geodatabase.
> 	> In
> 	> http://osgeo-org.1803224.n2.nabble.com/Working-with-ESRI-mdb-
> 	> geodatabase-file-td4668175.html
> 	> this Thread  Giovanni allready gave the advice:
> 	> If you're working on Windows you should first create an ODBC
> 	connection
> 	> through Administrative Tools.
> 	>
> 	> I tried this, yet my knowledge ceases at the point where i have
> to
> 	> choose
> 	> drivers.
> 	> Can anyone tell me how exactly to establish this kind of
> connection?
> 	>
> 	> Thanks,
> 	> Levent
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