id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,priority,milestone,component,version,severity,resolution,keywords,cc 842,OGR .IND files not used if read-only,Daniel Morissette,Daniel Morissette,"{{{ This is indirectly related to #839. I found that if the .IND file or the whole set of shapefiles for a given dataset are read-only, then the .IND file is not used. Just making the .ind file writeable is enough to have it used. $ chmod -w shptest2.* $ ogrinfo shptest2.shp -sql ""SELECT * FROM shptest2 WHERE parcelid = 'D0134 M00015'"" ERROR 4: Unable to open shptest2.shp or shptest2.SHP. ERROR 3: Open() failed for shptest2.ind ERROR 4: Failed to open index file shptest2.ind. Had to open data source read-only. ... ... the query works but doesn't use the index (slow) ... $ chmod +w shptest2.ind $ ls -l shptest2.* -r--r--r-- 1 daniel users 276714879 Apr 27 11:07 shptest2.dbf -r--r--r-- 1 daniel users 227 Apr 27 11:09 shptest2.idm -rw-rw-r-- 1 daniel users 17092608 Apr 29 11:06 shptest2.ind -r--r--r-- 1 daniel users 38 Apr 27 11:05 shptest2.prj -r--r--r-- 1 daniel users 307403144 Apr 27 11:07 shptest2.shp -r--r--r-- 1 daniel users 2657620 Apr 27 11:07 shptest2.shx $ ogrinfo shptest2.shp -sql ""SELECT * FROM shptest2 WHERE parcelid = 'D0134 M00015'"" ERROR 4: Unable to open shptest2.shp or shptest2.SHP. Had to open data source read-only. ... ... this time the index is being used and returns fast ... }}}",defect,assigned,high,,OGR_SF,unspecified,normal,,,jmckenna@…