diff --git a/frmts/pds/pdsdrivercore.cpp b/frmts/pds/pdsdrivercore.cpp
index 1c036758f427..7ffc3322eeae 100644
--- a/frmts/pds/pdsdrivercore.cpp
+++ b/frmts/pds/pdsdrivercore.cpp
@@ -318,6 +318,9 @@ void PDS4DriverSetCommonMetadata(GDALDriver *poDriver)
     poDriver->SetMetadataItem(GDAL_DCAP_OPEN, "YES");
     poDriver->SetMetadataItem(GDAL_DCAP_CREATE, "YES");
     poDriver->SetMetadataItem(GDAL_DCAP_CREATECOPY, "YES");
+
+    poDriver->SetMetadataItem(GDAL_DCAP_UPDATE, "YES");
+    poDriver->SetMetadataItem(GDAL_DMD_UPDATE_ITEMS, "Features");
 }
 
 /************************************************************************/
diff --git a/ogr/ogrsf_frmts/mem/ogr_mem.h b/ogr/ogrsf_frmts/mem/ogr_mem.h
index 432601fb43f3..5e3cfb96eb68 100644
--- a/ogr/ogrsf_frmts/mem/ogr_mem.h
+++ b/ogr/ogrsf_frmts/mem/ogr_mem.h
@@ -185,6 +185,9 @@ class OGRMemDataSource CPL_NON_FINAL : public GDALDataset
 
     int TestCapability(const char *) override;
 
+    OGRLayer *ExecuteSQL(const char *pszStatement, OGRGeometry *poSpatialFilter,
+                         const char *pszDialect) override;
+
     bool AddFieldDomain(std::unique_ptr<OGRFieldDomain> &&domain,
                         std::string &failureReason) override;
 
diff --git a/ogr/ogrsf_frmts/mem/ogrmemdatasource.cpp b/ogr/ogrsf_frmts/mem/ogrmemdatasource.cpp
index 636ca4e3ea4a..3593f3943e4e 100644
--- a/ogr/ogrsf_frmts/mem/ogrmemdatasource.cpp
+++ b/ogr/ogrsf_frmts/mem/ogrmemdatasource.cpp
@@ -219,3 +219,20 @@ bool OGRMemDataSource::UpdateFieldDomain(
     m_oMapFieldDomains[domainName] = std::move(domain);
     return true;
 }
+
+/************************************************************************/
+/*                              ExecuteSQL()                            */
+/************************************************************************/
+
+OGRLayer *OGRMemDataSource::ExecuteSQL(const char *pszStatement,
+                                       OGRGeometry *poSpatialFilter,
+                                       const char *pszDialect)
+{
+    if (EQUAL(pszStatement, "PRAGMA read_only=1"))  // as used by VDV driver
+    {
+        for (int i = 0; i < nLayers; ++i)
+            papoLayers[i]->SetUpdatable(false);
+        return nullptr;
+    }
+    return GDALDataset::ExecuteSQL(pszStatement, poSpatialFilter, pszDialect);
+}
diff --git a/ogr/ogrsf_frmts/mongodbv3/ogrmongodbv3drivercore.cpp b/ogr/ogrsf_frmts/mongodbv3/ogrmongodbv3drivercore.cpp
index 2c4c142d882d..20b97007497b 100644
--- a/ogr/ogrsf_frmts/mongodbv3/ogrmongodbv3drivercore.cpp
+++ b/ogr/ogrsf_frmts/mongodbv3/ogrmongodbv3drivercore.cpp
@@ -117,6 +117,9 @@ void OGRMongoDBv3DriverSetCommonMetadata(GDALDriver *poDriver)
 
     poDriver->pfnIdentify = OGRMongoDBv3DriverIdentify;
     poDriver->SetMetadataItem(GDAL_DCAP_OPEN, "YES");
+
+    poDriver->SetMetadataItem(GDAL_DCAP_UPDATE, "YES");
+    poDriver->SetMetadataItem(GDAL_DMD_UPDATE_ITEMS, "Features");
 }
 
 /************************************************************************/
diff --git a/ogr/ogrsf_frmts/ods/ogrodsdriver.cpp b/ogr/ogrsf_frmts/ods/ogrodsdriver.cpp
index af7625b12dcf..77ade27cac94 100644
--- a/ogr/ogrsf_frmts/ods/ogrodsdriver.cpp
+++ b/ogr/ogrsf_frmts/ods/ogrodsdriver.cpp
@@ -240,6 +240,9 @@ void RegisterOGRODS()
     poDriver->SetMetadataItem(GDAL_DMD_ALTER_FIELD_DEFN_FLAGS, "Name Type");
     poDriver->SetMetadataItem(GDAL_DMD_SUPPORTED_SQL_DIALECTS, "OGRSQL SQLITE");
 
+    poDriver->SetMetadataItem(GDAL_DCAP_UPDATE, "YES");
+    poDriver->SetMetadataItem(GDAL_DMD_UPDATE_ITEMS, "Features");
+
     poDriver->SetMetadataItem(
         GDAL_DMD_OPENOPTIONLIST,
         "<OpenOptionList>"
diff --git a/ogr/ogrsf_frmts/vdv/ogrvdvdatasource.cpp b/ogr/ogrsf_frmts/vdv/ogrvdvdatasource.cpp
index 040e1d0426bb..60a6e0654e23 100644
--- a/ogr/ogrsf_frmts/vdv/ogrvdvdatasource.cpp
+++ b/ogr/ogrsf_frmts/vdv/ogrvdvdatasource.cpp
@@ -226,8 +226,10 @@ void OGRIDFDataSource::Parse()
         }
     }
 
+    bool bIsMEMLayer = false;
     if (m_poTmpDS == nullptr)
     {
+        bIsMEMLayer = true;
         m_poTmpDS = poMEMDriver->Create("", 0, 0, 0, GDT_Unknown, nullptr);
     }
 
@@ -583,6 +585,9 @@ void OGRIDFDataSource::Parse()
 
     m_poTmpDS->CommitTransaction();
 
+    if (bIsMEMLayer)
+        m_poTmpDS->ExecuteSQL("PRAGMA read_only=1", nullptr, nullptr);
+
     std::map<GIntBig, OGRLineString *>::iterator oMapLinkCoordinateIter =
         oMapLinkCoordinate.begin();
     for (; oMapLinkCoordinateIter != oMapLinkCoordinate.end();
diff --git a/ogr/ogrsf_frmts/xlsx/ogrxlsxdriver.cpp b/ogr/ogrsf_frmts/xlsx/ogrxlsxdriver.cpp
index d969a9c6b457..bdad9da84f54 100644
--- a/ogr/ogrsf_frmts/xlsx/ogrxlsxdriver.cpp
+++ b/ogr/ogrsf_frmts/xlsx/ogrxlsxdriver.cpp
@@ -247,6 +247,9 @@ void RegisterOGRXLSX()
     poDriver->SetMetadataItem(GDAL_DCAP_Z_GEOMETRIES, "YES");
     poDriver->SetMetadataItem(GDAL_DMD_SUPPORTED_SQL_DIALECTS, "OGRSQL SQLITE");
 
+    poDriver->SetMetadataItem(GDAL_DCAP_UPDATE, "YES");
+    poDriver->SetMetadataItem(GDAL_DMD_UPDATE_ITEMS, "Features");
+
     poDriver->SetMetadataItem(
         GDAL_DMD_OPENOPTIONLIST,
         "<OpenOptionList>"