[Qgis-user] Repair layer (due to deleted arcs / attribute rows)

[Satu Phillips]

On 07/08/2018 13:24, Even Rouault wrote:
> On mardi 7 août 2018 05:08:38 CEST SatuSaber wrote:
>> I am looking for a function that is similar to "Pack Table" in MapInfo...
>>
>> Does QGIS 3.2.1 have a function that allows repair of vector layers where
>> either an arc or a row from the attribute has been deleted (for example, the
>> arc has been deleted accidentally but the row still exists in the attribute
>> table - for example when working with a MapInfo table hasn't been packed)?
>> Or is there a work-around / way of finding sections that have issues?  I
>> have tried going through the Processing Toolbox menus and searching here
>> and on Google endlessly but I think I must be using the wrong terminology
>> as I'm not finding anything useful.
>>
>> I frequently receive layers (usually either .tab or .shp) which need to be
>> saved as .mid(.mif) for uploading to another bit of (bespoke) software and
>> get errors where the .mid row count and .mif record count don't match.  It
>> has not been an issue until now as I had access to MapInfo and the "Pack
>> Table" function but this is not the case any longer and I am stuffed..
> When you save a .tab to .mif, it should ignore deleted features as if they had
> never existed and produce consistent .mif and .mid files. If not, can you
> create a ticket at
> https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/issues and attach the original
> .tab,.dat,.idx,.map files and the .mif,.mif that wouldn't have consistant row
> counts. And if you have the corresponding repaired .mid,.mif by MapInfo, that
> would be helpful
>
> Even
>

Hi Even,

Many thanks for your help :-)

I have created a ticket and added the files as you suggest 
https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/issues/831

Satu


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