[Gvsig_english] Problem gvSIG 2.0.0.2066 -- Export using Selection not working

[Simon Cropper]

On 05/06/13 22:42, Manuel Madrid wrote:
> Hi Simon,
>
> El 05/06/13 04:37, Simon Cropper escribió:
>> OK Pau and Manuel,
>>
>> First, sorry I don't have a lot of time to report the issue directly.
>>
>> I am posting things as I find them as I am working on a job resulting in
>> me already spending too much time on GIS activities. I am happy to
>> commit time as I go along as working on actual data on actual tasks
>> rather than test beds quickly highlights errors and problems.
>
> Of course I didn't want to ask you for spending more time than you do
> now. If you feel more confortable reporting on the list, keep doing it!
>
>>
>> In regards to my filter and export-filter problem...
>>
>> First, the problem seems to be with using ">=" and "<=". These
>> operand-combo result in nothing being exported.
>>
>> If I select AREA > 3 I get say 12 polygons.
>> If I select AREA >= 3 I get nothing.
>>
>> This happens on multiple shapefiles so you should be able to reproduce
>> this problem.
>
> Let's see if we can hunt this bug...
>
> I checked this and the "only" problem I found is that the ">=" operator
> is working exactly as "=" operator. Exportation seems to work properly.
> I guess in your case the problem is that it doen't exist records with
> AREA = 3. In that case, when you execute the query "AREA >= 3" really is
> executing "AREA = 3" so no records are selected and, thus, when
> exporting the "selected features" the result is an empty layer. Could
> you, please, check this?

*USING FILTER*
AREA = 3 highlights one polygon AS DOES AREA >= 3
AREA = 3 highlights one polygon; AREA <= 3 multiple smaller polygons

*USING EXPORT USING FILTER*
AREA = 3 exports one polygon AS DOES AREA >= 3
AREA = 3 highlights one polygon; AREA <= 3 multiple smaller polygons

> The rest of the operators, including "<=" seems to work ok.

I agree

>>
>> While we are on filtering I would like to make the following comments.
>>
>> The 'filter' menu option should really be called "select based on
>> specified criteria". If you were filtering a shapefile then only those
>> features that meet the criteria would be visible and be editable. This
>> is not the case... filter just selects certain features based on a
>> certain criteria.
>>
>> The filter dialog, when presenting numbers shows those numbers in
>> floating and scientific format. For example, I have numbers shown as
>> 100000000 and 86.00000000000E7. This is very confusing especially as the
>> E7 or whatever is actually hidden in the dialog box. Numbers should be
>> presented in the form they are present in the table (not randomly
>> reformatted) and the dialog box scaled so you can see all the number.
>>
>> Also, when exporting and selecting "Filter" in the "Export Options" the
>> filter dialog box should appear when clicking in the "Free filter" box.
>> Who can remember all the fields in the table? Most newbies would also
>> need reminding of the standard operands used. As I remember historical
>> versions of gvSIG had several ways of formatting criteria -- some for
>> 'filtering' and some for selecting out particular labels. Criteria
>> construction should be consistent throughout the application.
>>
>> There is also a box in the export wizard called "Predefined filters". I
>> checked all menu options and the preferences and could not find where I
>> could predefine filters. If this is only available for certain files
>> types then it should be hidden or disabled when exporting shapefiles. It
>> is just confusing.
>
> I agree with all these suggestions. Thanks.
>
> Best,
> Manuel.
>
>>
>>
>> On 05/06/13 01:44, Manuel Madrid wrote:
>>> Hi again Simon,
>>>
>>> I couldn't reproduce this either!
>>>
>>> Did you test with other shapefiles?
>>> Could you, please, send the shapefile or open an issue here [1] and
>>> attach it?
>>>
>>> This one and the filter one are serious issues so we are very interested
>>> in fix them.
>>>
>>> Thank you very much for testing gvSIG 2.0 and reporting all this issues.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Manuel.
>>>
>>> [1] https://devel.gvsig.org/redmine/projects/gvsig-desktop/issues
>>>
>>> El 04/06/13 08:39, Simon Cropper escribió:
>>>> Hi Guys,
>>>>
>>>> Operating System: Ubuntu 13.04 (using Gnome Classic Interface).
>>>> gvSIG Version 2.0.0.2066
>>>> Java version: 1.6.0_20
>>>>
>>>> **PROBLEM**
>>>>
>>>> Have a polygon shapefile.
>>>>
>>>> I select several thousand features and attempt to export using selected
>>>> features.
>>>>
>>>> The first try failed.
>>>> The second try crashed (I would give you some feedback from the error
>>>> console but their is not any, the two lines present are in Spanish).
>>>> Tried again and got a message "Can't insert feature in store"
>>>>
>>>> In fact, if I select the whole shapefile it baulks also.
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>


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