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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Thanks Karl-Magnus<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">We use triggers in the database already and they work perfectly but if we want to record the specific user creating and editing features then we’d have to create separate projects for each user. At the moment
the team of about 10 users all use a set of centrally stored project files – one for each different task.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I found this post on Stackexchange (<a href="https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/217011/how-to-automatically-update-wfs-edits-with-a-user-id">https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/217011/how-to-automatically-update-wfs-edits-with-a-user-id</a>)
where global variables are used to populate fields when features are added. However, as Matthias notes in the comments this doesn’t work on feature “update”. If this were possible then it would meet all our needs. Maybe something that could be funded?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Ross<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> Karl Magnus
Jönsson [mailto:Karl-Magnus.Jonsson@kristianstad.se] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> 22 August 2017 12:34<br>
<b>To:</b> McDonaldR; qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> SV: [Qgis-user] Updating a field set with default global variable on edit<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="T_Default_Reply"><span lang="SV" style="color:#1F497D">Hi!</span></a><span lang="SV" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">I’ve made the same things with triggers in the database. To avoid getting same username I’ve chosen not to save the username and password in the project. But then the user have to enter it every
time the projects opens. If you can find a solution to your suggested approach it would be nice.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="SV" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:SV">Karl-Magnus
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="SV" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:SV">Från:</span></b><span lang="SV" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:SV"> Qgis-user [<a href="mailto:qgis-user-bounces@lists.osgeo.org">mailto:qgis-user-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</a>]
<b>För </b>McDonaldR<br>
<b>Skickat:</b> den 22 augusti 2017 13:12<br>
<b>Till:</b> <a href="mailto:qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org">qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>
<b>Ämne:</b> [Qgis-user] Updating a field set with default global variable on edit<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi List,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background:white">Anyone know how to update a field that has a global variable set as the default value when records are edited (geometry and/or attributes)?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="background:white">We have a QGIS project with a PostGIS layer loaded and configured with look-ups and relations so the users can update all the relevant fields. There are also "<b>created_by</b>" and "<b>updated_by</b>" fields. These are updated
by a trigger in the database with the "<b>current_user</b>" database variable. This works fine if you are the current user that added the layer to the project - the trigger works perfectly.
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<span style="background:white">If you give the project to someone else and they create and edit features in the layer the fields are still updated with your name as you are the person who added the layer to the project. Not what we want.</span><br>
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<span style="background:white">QGIS has global variables and there are some new ones -
<b>user_account_name</b> and <b>user_full_name</b> that can be set as default values for the fields. When a new feature is created the field is populated with the correct name. Which is what we want.</span><br>
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<span style="background:white">However, when we update an existing record we'd like the "<b>updated_by</b>" field to be updated with the current "<b>user_account_name</b>". Like a trigger in the database would do on update. Then we would have a better idea
of the history of the feature.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background:white">Ross</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#4F6228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Ross McDonald |
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#4F6228;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">GIS Data Coordinator | Angus Council, People, IT | Angus House, Orchardbank Business Park, Sylvie Way, Forfar DD8 1AT<b> | t: 01307
476419<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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