DESCRIPTION

v.db.connect prints or sets database connection for a vector map.

NOTE

If parameters for database connection are already set with db.connect, they are taken as default values and do not need to be spcified each time.

EXAMPLE

Print database connection
v.db.connect -p map=vectormap

Print column types and names of table linked to vector map
v.db.connect -c map=vectormap

Connect vector map to database (DBF driver)

v.db.connect map=vectormap table=table field=1 key=cat driver=dbf database=/daten/grassdata/fire/PERMANENT/dbf

Connect vector map to database with variables
(note: single quotes must be used)
v.db.connect map=vectormap table=table field=1 key=cat driver=dbf database='$GISDBASE/$LOCATION_NAME/PERMANENT/dbf'

Connect vector map to database with variables
(note: single quotes must be used)
v.db.connect map=vectormap table=table field=1 key=cat driver=dbf database='$GISDBASE/$LOCATION_NAME/$MAPSET/dbf'

Connect vector map to database (PostgreSQL driver)

db.describe -c map=vectormap
v.db.connect map=vectormap table=table field=1 key=oid driver=pg database="host=myserver.itc.it,dbname=mydb,user=name" table=mytable key=id

SEE ALSO

db.connect
db.copy
GRASS 5.1 tutorial pages

AUTHOR

Radim Blazek, ITC-Irst, Trento, Italy

Last changed: $Date: 2003/10/20 16:48:02 $


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