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Spatial MSSQL ODBC error when using QGIS in 'Add Ring' operation

I have a MSSQL spatial database using QGIS 3.28.4 as a front end. I want to add a ring to a polygon and I get this message: Could not commit changes to layer HHP Developments Errors: ERROR: 1 ...
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Connecting to MSSQL Server - QGIS 3.28 & Ubuntu 23.04

I've been using QGIS + Ubuntu for some time now, great combination. Last week I've updated from Ubuntu 22.04 to Ubuntu 22.10 and subsequently to Ubuntu 23.04. During this upgrade the system has ...
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How to configure PGeo driver with unixODBC and MDB Tools

I am trying to properly configure the PGeo driver with unixODBC and MDB Tools for my Ubuntu system in order to convert a .mdb file to a GeoPackage. The .mdb file is found here https://nosimagery.noaa....
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How to provide a point geometry to a table that has its origin in an ODBC connection?

The problem approach is as following: A QGIS project has a table that comes from an ODBC connection referring to an MSAccess database. To this table, a Join is configured with another layer through ...
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QGIS MS SQL Connection with MultiSubnetFailover

I'm trying to connect QGIS to a MS SQL database using a cname pointing to an availability group. I've got as far as setting the Provider/DSN to driver={ODBC Driver 17 for SQL Server};...
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QGIS connect via ODBC using SSO

I am trying to connect QGIS to Snowflake using ODBC. This seems possible, e.g. 396982 (and I don't have enough reputation to comment on that post, hence the new question), but perhaps not when using ...
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Does ArcGIS Online support ODBC?

I'm trying to figure out if ArcGIS Online (as our database host) supports ODBC connections. My workflow is such that the data I maintain in ArcGIS Online needs to flow into Adobe Indesign for table ...
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QGIS ODBC connection to mssqlserver returns only filtered data

I am connecting to an MSSQL database table which does not have a geometry type field, but has coordinates in separate columns. The ODBC connection works, but when I bring the table in to QGIS, it is ...
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List all tables with ogr_fdw ODBC connection

I have been using ogr_fdw to connect PostgreSQL/PostGIS databases to FireBird databases via ODBC connection on Windows machines. The connections have been working great, and are immensely useful for ...
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QGIS error when accessing data from Database via eVis and ODBC

Using the "eVis Database Connection" I can access an ODBC data source which contains records with Lat and Long fields. The connection is made OK, and the "Database File Selection" window opens where I ...
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Error QODBC driver not loaded when trying to connect to an MSSQL database from QGIS 3.4.3 (Ubuntu)

I have installed QGIS Desktop (latest one: 3.4.3 Madeira) along with the unixODBC-dev for SQL Server 2017 (following instructions here). I used sqlcmd from msql-tools and successfully connected to the ...
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Read >1 geometry fields into QGIS via ODBC from non-spatial database

I have a non-spatial database in FileMaker Pro that has two geometry fields per record (line and point). The database has a geometry_columns table and using the method outlined by @MerseyViking at ...
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Insert a Valid GPB from WKT

My software produce WKT and I'm trying to import it into an ODBC connected Geopackage: SELECT load_extension('mod_spatialite'); SELECT IsValidGPB( AsGPB ( ST_GeomFromText('POLYGON(( ...
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Add spatial functions to a geopackage template

I would like to dump data from my survey software to a geopackage file through an ODBC connection but I need a minimum of spatial functions to execute my requests: ST_IsEmpty(geom), ST_MinX(geom), ...
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How to edit a layer from a personal geodatabase in QGIS [duplicate]

I want to open and edit layers from a personal geodatabase in QGIS. I have read this post and I follow the ODBC way to open a personal geodatabase in QGIS with success. However, I cant edit layers in ...
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Insert a MultiPolygon in a PostGIS table with MapInfo?

I'm using MapInfo 16 to edit a PostGIS table through ODBC driver. The geometry column type of my table is MultiPolygon. The value in spatialtype colmun of a record in mapinfo.mapinfo_mapcatalog table ...
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Connecting QGIS to ODBC database (MS Access *.accdb) [closed]

Has anybody managed to successfully connect to open a MS Access *.accdb database from QGIS using ODBC? All the Q&A, tutorials, guides and videos I've found work with *.mdb files and ESRI ...
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Exporting geodatabase attribute tables to MySQL database using ArcMap?

I've already created a mysql db connection using ODBC and tested it. Now I want to export the attribute tables data from ArcMap to mysql which is on my localhost. On export there are many options like ...
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Connecting to SQL Server with ArcGIS Desktop?

I am trying to connect to views in a SQL Server DB in Arcatalog / Arcmap. I am using the "Database Connections\Add Database Connection" method in catalog. I can connect fine but cannot see / preview ...
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ODBC connection Filemaker ArcGIS

I have a large database in Filemaker. To get this joined with a feature class in ArcGIS I have to make an ODBC connection. I do this in the 32-bit ODBC in windows because ArcGIS is 32-bit. In ...
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How to connect QGIS (linux) to SQL Server

I tried every thing I can think of, official Microsoft ODBC Driver for SQL Server, FreeTDS, etc.... I'm able to connect to the SQL Server DB from the terminal (isql,sqsh) I can use PostgreSQL's ...
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Unable to establish a persistent ODBC connection to an access mdb database [duplicate]

I’m an MS Access diehard and I’m running a 64bit version of Win 10 on my PC. I’ve installed both the 32bit (2.14.7) and 64bit (2.16.3) versions of QGIS on it, and MS Office 2016. I would like to ...
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issues in table reading from MS Access using ODBC

I want to add two tables from my MS Access db. So I follow the procedure to add ODBC (add vector layer, database, etc.) and it works. I choose the tables that I want to add and hit ok. Qgis adds both ...
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ArcPy: Connect to MySQL database

My project aims at updating automatically point feature classes in a ESRI local geodatabase using MySQL tables with X,Y coordinates. The updates should be launched with the Windows task-scheduler. I ...
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Is there any way to connect features (entities) of dxf to database in python?

I'm using gdal, ezdxf, sqlite python packages and sqlite ODBC driver. They work fine, and in AutoCAD I can easily manually connect to my dbase.sqlite (read only) using _DBCONFIGURE and _DBCONNECT ...
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Problem using ogr2ogr to convert postGIS table to personal geodatabase

I need to convert a PostGIS table to a personal geodatabase using ogr2ogr. I can convert tables to a shapefile without a problem but whenever I try to convert it to .mdb using the ODBC driver, I get ...
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Add Vector Layer - Database OODBC does not work

What I am trying to do: Add a vector layer from an remote Oracle database. Platform: Linux Red hat 7 Database: Oracle 11g Connectivity via unixODBC Oracle Description: I tried to add a vector layer ...
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Oracle add layer and Oracle Connection icons are missing [closed]

I have recently installed QGIS 2.8 and Oracle 11.2 Client on Linux Red Hat 7. Everything was fine, I am able to access Oracle database, as well as running QGIS. Unlike QGIS 2.8 from WIndows, Linux ...
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Directly querying a raster

I've done tons of work within ArcGIS to analyze and process rasters. I'm pretty well knowledgeable on that subject. A question has come in from my coworker who is attempting to populate elevation data ...
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What are the limitations of using MySQL with ArcGIS?

I recently connected a MySQL database to ArcGIS by adding an OLE DB Connection. I can view the tables just fine; however, my XY data will not show up on the map directly from the MySQL table, I have ...
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Secure ArcGIS connections to Access .accdb?

With ArcGIS is it possible to secure connections to an Access 2007+ format database tables? At Connecting to a 2007 Microsoft Access database (.accdb) in ArcGIS it says "if the database has a ...
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Connecting QGIS 2.x to Firebird Database via ODBC?

I tried to connect a Firebird Database in QGIS 2.2 and 2.4 via ODBC to a database and get following error message: Unable to initialize ODBC connection to DSN for SYSDBA/masterkey@Akdees [...
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MSSQL Connection settings for QGIS on Windows

OK first lets get the blond elements out of the way- I'm not asking for how I connect to my actual database. What I'm asking for is an example or screen shot of the entries required when setting up a ...
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ODBC connection issue on 64bit architecture

I'm migrating an addin to a 64bit machine using Arcmap 9.3.1. Upon execution, it returns the following error - "[Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] The specified DSN contains an architecture mismatch ...
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Microsoft Access mdb "is not a valid or recognized data source" in QGIS

The answer to RyanDalton's question "Can QGIS read an ODBC connection?" explains how to establish a link in QGIS with an MS-Access table. Following his steps, I can establish an ODBC link (I ...
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Loading Spatialite extension via SQLite3 ODBC Driver?

I am having trouble getting the Spatialite extension to load as part of the SQLite3 ODBC driver. What works [loading extension into SQLite Driver]: I have software that is connected using the ...
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Access Shapefiles from PostgreSQL/Postgis in R

I successfully setup a connection to my PostgreSQL/PostGIS database on Ubuntu Server from my Laptop (Ubuntu 12.04). Therefore I installed RODBC in R to setup a connection and I made a correct entry ...
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QGIS 64-bit ODBC set up link to 32-bit Access on win7

I am trying to set up a an ODBC link to Access 2007 32-bit but not having any success. My system is a win7 pro 64-bit and I have QGIS 64-bit installed. Here are the steps I have already tried. Set ...
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QGIS 1.8 Vector layer from ODBC connection [duplicate]

I have successfully set up an ODBC link from a FileMaker DB to QGIS, and using Layer/Add Vector Layer I can get a layer with a fully populated attribute table listed in the Layers Panel. I now want ...
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ODBC connection to ArcSDE table shows old version in ArcMap?

I use an ODBC connection to an ArcSDE table to return a current list of features for reporting purposes. The connection is pointed at a Microsoft SQL ArcSDE server and the connection info matches ...
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Reading ODBC connection using QGIS? [closed]

I have a co-worker who manages a large MS Access database that contains X & Y fields for various locations he tracks. We have previously exported the data to CSV and used the QGIS Delimited Text ...
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