latest version of QGIS fails to edit attribute table of GeoJSON file
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I am using QGIS 3.6.4 and working with GeoJSON files. I have come across a very annoying problem. Whenever I try to add an attribute and assign values to it using the field calculator, the values will appear to update and the field looks correctly populated. However as soon as I exit out of the attribute table (while saving changes) and reopen it the entire column is converted to NULL.
I have tried playing around with the precision and width of the output field to no avail. I don't think this is related to coordinate system units since this is not a geometric operation of type $area
or $length
. It is more like Acol1+Bcol2.
Has anyone had such an issue before? Please help... I would have thought basic functionality like this is already well tested and bug free in QGIS....
EDIT
Other symptoms include:
- new field disappears if I remove the layer and add it again from file location, despite having saved layer changes....
- a separate geojson file called result.geojson.tmp is created and contains the modified attribute table. However my result.geojson is unchanged. Adding an attribute field and populating it should not create a new file but modify the current one in place... why does this happen?
- I have also attempted this with QGIS 3.6.1 - Same problem.
The problem appears to be under discussion in the QGIS issue tracker
qgis
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I am using QGIS 3.6.4 and working with GeoJSON files. I have come across a very annoying problem. Whenever I try to add an attribute and assign values to it using the field calculator, the values will appear to update and the field looks correctly populated. However as soon as I exit out of the attribute table (while saving changes) and reopen it the entire column is converted to NULL.
I have tried playing around with the precision and width of the output field to no avail. I don't think this is related to coordinate system units since this is not a geometric operation of type $area
or $length
. It is more like Acol1+Bcol2.
Has anyone had such an issue before? Please help... I would have thought basic functionality like this is already well tested and bug free in QGIS....
EDIT
Other symptoms include:
- new field disappears if I remove the layer and add it again from file location, despite having saved layer changes....
- a separate geojson file called result.geojson.tmp is created and contains the modified attribute table. However my result.geojson is unchanged. Adding an attribute field and populating it should not create a new file but modify the current one in place... why does this happen?
- I have also attempted this with QGIS 3.6.1 - Same problem.
The problem appears to be under discussion in the QGIS issue tracker
qgis
U have this behavior each time u change the structure of a table ? ...
– snaileater
Apr 21 at 12:42
no, adding and deleting fields seems to work fine... I just can't edit the contents....
– user32882
Apr 21 at 12:43
And u never succeeded in editing the content when u were doing this ???
– snaileater
Apr 21 at 12:49
I would succeed before, but unpredictably so... Now it is systematically failing even after closing and reopening the whole program.
– user32882
Apr 21 at 12:53
1
So ... my question was : do your problems appear only when playing with geojson ?
– snaileater
Apr 21 at 13:13
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show 3 more comments
I am using QGIS 3.6.4 and working with GeoJSON files. I have come across a very annoying problem. Whenever I try to add an attribute and assign values to it using the field calculator, the values will appear to update and the field looks correctly populated. However as soon as I exit out of the attribute table (while saving changes) and reopen it the entire column is converted to NULL.
I have tried playing around with the precision and width of the output field to no avail. I don't think this is related to coordinate system units since this is not a geometric operation of type $area
or $length
. It is more like Acol1+Bcol2.
Has anyone had such an issue before? Please help... I would have thought basic functionality like this is already well tested and bug free in QGIS....
EDIT
Other symptoms include:
- new field disappears if I remove the layer and add it again from file location, despite having saved layer changes....
- a separate geojson file called result.geojson.tmp is created and contains the modified attribute table. However my result.geojson is unchanged. Adding an attribute field and populating it should not create a new file but modify the current one in place... why does this happen?
- I have also attempted this with QGIS 3.6.1 - Same problem.
The problem appears to be under discussion in the QGIS issue tracker
qgis
I am using QGIS 3.6.4 and working with GeoJSON files. I have come across a very annoying problem. Whenever I try to add an attribute and assign values to it using the field calculator, the values will appear to update and the field looks correctly populated. However as soon as I exit out of the attribute table (while saving changes) and reopen it the entire column is converted to NULL.
I have tried playing around with the precision and width of the output field to no avail. I don't think this is related to coordinate system units since this is not a geometric operation of type $area
or $length
. It is more like Acol1+Bcol2.
Has anyone had such an issue before? Please help... I would have thought basic functionality like this is already well tested and bug free in QGIS....
EDIT
Other symptoms include:
- new field disappears if I remove the layer and add it again from file location, despite having saved layer changes....
- a separate geojson file called result.geojson.tmp is created and contains the modified attribute table. However my result.geojson is unchanged. Adding an attribute field and populating it should not create a new file but modify the current one in place... why does this happen?
- I have also attempted this with QGIS 3.6.1 - Same problem.
The problem appears to be under discussion in the QGIS issue tracker
qgis
qgis
edited Apr 21 at 13:49
user32882
asked Apr 21 at 12:37
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U have this behavior each time u change the structure of a table ? ...
– snaileater
Apr 21 at 12:42
no, adding and deleting fields seems to work fine... I just can't edit the contents....
– user32882
Apr 21 at 12:43
And u never succeeded in editing the content when u were doing this ???
– snaileater
Apr 21 at 12:49
I would succeed before, but unpredictably so... Now it is systematically failing even after closing and reopening the whole program.
– user32882
Apr 21 at 12:53
1
So ... my question was : do your problems appear only when playing with geojson ?
– snaileater
Apr 21 at 13:13
|
show 3 more comments
U have this behavior each time u change the structure of a table ? ...
– snaileater
Apr 21 at 12:42
no, adding and deleting fields seems to work fine... I just can't edit the contents....
– user32882
Apr 21 at 12:43
And u never succeeded in editing the content when u were doing this ???
– snaileater
Apr 21 at 12:49
I would succeed before, but unpredictably so... Now it is systematically failing even after closing and reopening the whole program.
– user32882
Apr 21 at 12:53
1
So ... my question was : do your problems appear only when playing with geojson ?
– snaileater
Apr 21 at 13:13
U have this behavior each time u change the structure of a table ? ...
– snaileater
Apr 21 at 12:42
U have this behavior each time u change the structure of a table ? ...
– snaileater
Apr 21 at 12:42
no, adding and deleting fields seems to work fine... I just can't edit the contents....
– user32882
Apr 21 at 12:43
no, adding and deleting fields seems to work fine... I just can't edit the contents....
– user32882
Apr 21 at 12:43
And u never succeeded in editing the content when u were doing this ???
– snaileater
Apr 21 at 12:49
And u never succeeded in editing the content when u were doing this ???
– snaileater
Apr 21 at 12:49
I would succeed before, but unpredictably so... Now it is systematically failing even after closing and reopening the whole program.
– user32882
Apr 21 at 12:53
I would succeed before, but unpredictably so... Now it is systematically failing even after closing and reopening the whole program.
– user32882
Apr 21 at 12:53
1
1
So ... my question was : do your problems appear only when playing with geojson ?
– snaileater
Apr 21 at 13:13
So ... my question was : do your problems appear only when playing with geojson ?
– snaileater
Apr 21 at 13:13
|
show 3 more comments
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Don't waste your time like I did. This is a QGIS bug. I spent several days trying to solve this issue.
There is no solution at the moment.
I posted the same issue on QGIS bug report. I don't know what developers
did, but after version 3.2.3, GeoJSON files doesn't work on windows OS (it creates a temp file on the same location and all the edits only apply on temp file).
My suggestion is to downgrade to 3.2.3, I did this in our company and it works well.
1
It seems to work with QGIS 3.2.3. How lame that newer versions of the software actually break vital functionality! The developers should really look into this...
– user32882
Apr 21 at 14:13
1
the developers seem to be unable to reproduce it on their machines - if you follow the bug you can see what is happening. If you company is dependant on this functionality you can contribute sponsorship to get it fixed.
– Ian Turton♦
Apr 21 at 16:31
They did reproduce the issue. the reason why they were unable to reproduce it at the beginning is, they were trying on Linux while this is Windows problem, not Linux.
– Ehsan Aliverdi
Apr 23 at 23:08
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Don't waste your time like I did. This is a QGIS bug. I spent several days trying to solve this issue.
There is no solution at the moment.
I posted the same issue on QGIS bug report. I don't know what developers
did, but after version 3.2.3, GeoJSON files doesn't work on windows OS (it creates a temp file on the same location and all the edits only apply on temp file).
My suggestion is to downgrade to 3.2.3, I did this in our company and it works well.
1
It seems to work with QGIS 3.2.3. How lame that newer versions of the software actually break vital functionality! The developers should really look into this...
– user32882
Apr 21 at 14:13
1
the developers seem to be unable to reproduce it on their machines - if you follow the bug you can see what is happening. If you company is dependant on this functionality you can contribute sponsorship to get it fixed.
– Ian Turton♦
Apr 21 at 16:31
They did reproduce the issue. the reason why they were unable to reproduce it at the beginning is, they were trying on Linux while this is Windows problem, not Linux.
– Ehsan Aliverdi
Apr 23 at 23:08
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Don't waste your time like I did. This is a QGIS bug. I spent several days trying to solve this issue.
There is no solution at the moment.
I posted the same issue on QGIS bug report. I don't know what developers
did, but after version 3.2.3, GeoJSON files doesn't work on windows OS (it creates a temp file on the same location and all the edits only apply on temp file).
My suggestion is to downgrade to 3.2.3, I did this in our company and it works well.
1
It seems to work with QGIS 3.2.3. How lame that newer versions of the software actually break vital functionality! The developers should really look into this...
– user32882
Apr 21 at 14:13
1
the developers seem to be unable to reproduce it on their machines - if you follow the bug you can see what is happening. If you company is dependant on this functionality you can contribute sponsorship to get it fixed.
– Ian Turton♦
Apr 21 at 16:31
They did reproduce the issue. the reason why they were unable to reproduce it at the beginning is, they were trying on Linux while this is Windows problem, not Linux.
– Ehsan Aliverdi
Apr 23 at 23:08
add a comment |
Don't waste your time like I did. This is a QGIS bug. I spent several days trying to solve this issue.
There is no solution at the moment.
I posted the same issue on QGIS bug report. I don't know what developers
did, but after version 3.2.3, GeoJSON files doesn't work on windows OS (it creates a temp file on the same location and all the edits only apply on temp file).
My suggestion is to downgrade to 3.2.3, I did this in our company and it works well.
Don't waste your time like I did. This is a QGIS bug. I spent several days trying to solve this issue.
There is no solution at the moment.
I posted the same issue on QGIS bug report. I don't know what developers
did, but after version 3.2.3, GeoJSON files doesn't work on windows OS (it creates a temp file on the same location and all the edits only apply on temp file).
My suggestion is to downgrade to 3.2.3, I did this in our company and it works well.
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It seems to work with QGIS 3.2.3. How lame that newer versions of the software actually break vital functionality! The developers should really look into this...
– user32882
Apr 21 at 14:13
1
the developers seem to be unable to reproduce it on their machines - if you follow the bug you can see what is happening. If you company is dependant on this functionality you can contribute sponsorship to get it fixed.
– Ian Turton♦
Apr 21 at 16:31
They did reproduce the issue. the reason why they were unable to reproduce it at the beginning is, they were trying on Linux while this is Windows problem, not Linux.
– Ehsan Aliverdi
Apr 23 at 23:08
add a comment |
1
It seems to work with QGIS 3.2.3. How lame that newer versions of the software actually break vital functionality! The developers should really look into this...
– user32882
Apr 21 at 14:13
1
the developers seem to be unable to reproduce it on their machines - if you follow the bug you can see what is happening. If you company is dependant on this functionality you can contribute sponsorship to get it fixed.
– Ian Turton♦
Apr 21 at 16:31
They did reproduce the issue. the reason why they were unable to reproduce it at the beginning is, they were trying on Linux while this is Windows problem, not Linux.
– Ehsan Aliverdi
Apr 23 at 23:08
1
1
It seems to work with QGIS 3.2.3. How lame that newer versions of the software actually break vital functionality! The developers should really look into this...
– user32882
Apr 21 at 14:13
It seems to work with QGIS 3.2.3. How lame that newer versions of the software actually break vital functionality! The developers should really look into this...
– user32882
Apr 21 at 14:13
1
1
the developers seem to be unable to reproduce it on their machines - if you follow the bug you can see what is happening. If you company is dependant on this functionality you can contribute sponsorship to get it fixed.
– Ian Turton♦
Apr 21 at 16:31
the developers seem to be unable to reproduce it on their machines - if you follow the bug you can see what is happening. If you company is dependant on this functionality you can contribute sponsorship to get it fixed.
– Ian Turton♦
Apr 21 at 16:31
They did reproduce the issue. the reason why they were unable to reproduce it at the beginning is, they were trying on Linux while this is Windows problem, not Linux.
– Ehsan Aliverdi
Apr 23 at 23:08
They did reproduce the issue. the reason why they were unable to reproduce it at the beginning is, they were trying on Linux while this is Windows problem, not Linux.
– Ehsan Aliverdi
Apr 23 at 23:08
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U have this behavior each time u change the structure of a table ? ...
– snaileater
Apr 21 at 12:42
no, adding and deleting fields seems to work fine... I just can't edit the contents....
– user32882
Apr 21 at 12:43
And u never succeeded in editing the content when u were doing this ???
– snaileater
Apr 21 at 12:49
I would succeed before, but unpredictably so... Now it is systematically failing even after closing and reopening the whole program.
– user32882
Apr 21 at 12:53
1
So ... my question was : do your problems appear only when playing with geojson ?
– snaileater
Apr 21 at 13:13