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Is it possible to export a shapefile as a file geodatabase in QGIS?

I have been trying to do so, but its not giving me the options in the format dropdown box when I 'save as' the shapefile.

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Vince
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    https://north-road.com/2022/11/24/qgis-3-28-improvements-for-working-with-esri-formats-and-services/ – BERA Dec 27 '22 at 15:11
  • The GDAL driver can write as well now https://gdal.org/drivers/vector/openfilegdb.html. QGIS has been missing the UI for that until now as BERA linked. – user30184 Dec 27 '22 at 15:25
  • A feature class exported into a file geodatabase is not a "file" but a "table". – Vince Dec 27 '22 at 15:59

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ESRI's file Geodatabase is a proprietary format, and the basic installation of QGIS only reads file Geodatabases, it does not write to them. The question Installing File Geodatabase (*.gdb) support in QGIS has an answer (from user @Get Spatial) that goes into detail about how the Open FileGDB driver can be installed to enable write access.

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