<div>In QGIS 1.8 I selected a subset of polygons by attribute from a vector layer</div>
<div>I wanted to save only the selected polygons and delete the rest</div>
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<div>So I chose Layer/Save selection as vector file and saved as SHP, The message box said this was successful, but it did not export any thing. Only empty files were created</div>
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<div>I tried another way, by saving the selection as CSV. This time the message said it had been saved but in fact no file was created.</div>
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<div>Strange. In the orginal layer, the selection is clear.</div>
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<div>I even tried to invert selection and then delete the new selection, leaving me only with the polygons I wanted, but the delete selection button was greyed out</div>
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