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NAME¶
db.describe - Describes a table in detail.
KEYWORDS¶
database, attribute table
SYNOPSIS¶
db.describe
db.describe --help
db.describe [-c] table=name
[driver=name] [database=name] [--help]
[--verbose] [--quiet] [--ui]
Flags:¶
Parameters:¶
- table=name [required]
-
Name of attribute table - driver=name
-
Name of database driver
Options: dbf, mysql, odbc, ogr, pg, sqlite
Default: sqlite - database=name
-
Name of database
Default: $GISDBASE/$LOCATION_NAME/$MAPSET/sqlite/sqlite.db
DESCRIPTION¶
db.describe displays table information. If parameter -c is used only column names instead of full column descriptions is given.
NOTE¶
If parameters for database connection are already set with db.connect, they are taken as default values and do not need to be spcified each time.
EXAMPLES¶
List column descriptions of table in SQLite database (note that
this is the default setting)
db.describe driver=sqlite table=hospitals \
database=’$GISDBASE/$LOCATION_NAME/$MAPSET/sqlite/sqlite.db’ # or simply db.describe myarchsites
DBF example¶
db.describe -c table=hospitals database=’$GISDBASE/$LOCATION_NAME/PERMANENT/dbf/’ \
driver=dbf ncols: 16 nrows: 160 Column 1: cat:INTEGER:11 Column 2: OBJECTID:INTEGER:11 Column 3: AREA:DOUBLE PRECISION:20 [...]
db.describe table=hospitals database=’$GISDBASE/$LOCATION_NAME/PERMANENT/dbf/’ \
driver=dbf table:hospitals description: insert:yes delete:yes ncols:16 nrows:160 column:cat description: type:INTEGER len:11 scale:0 precision:10 default: nullok:yes select:yes update:yes column:OBJECTID description: type:INTEGER [...]
SEE ALSO¶
db.columns, db.droptable, db.execute, db.login, db.tables, GRASS SQL interface
AUTHOR¶
Radim Blazek, ITC-Irst, Trento, Italy
SOURCE CODE¶
Available at: db.describe source code (history)
Accessed: Saturday Jul 27 17:07:53 2024
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