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db.columns(1grass) Grass User's Manual db.columns(1grass)

NAME

db.columns - List all columns for a given table.

KEYWORDS

database, attribute table

SYNOPSIS

db.columns
 
db.columns help
 
db.columns table=name [driver=name] [database= name] [--verbose] [--quiet]

Parameters:

table=name
 
Table name
driver=name
 
Driver name
 
Options: pg,dbf,ogr,odbc,mysql,sqlite
 
Default: dbf
database=name
 
Database name
 
Default: $GISDBASE/$LOCATION_NAME/$MAPSET/dbf/

DESCRIPTION

db.columns lists all columns for a give table. Connection to databases are supported through dbf, shp, odbc and pg drivers.

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

List columns from PostgreSQL attribute table
 
 
db.columns table=markveggy driver=pg database=grass60test
 
If database parameters are already set
 
 
db.columns table=markveggy
 
List columns from Shape file with DBF attribute table
 
 
db.columns table=network driver=dbf database=/daten/grassdata/fire/PERMANENT/dbf/
 

SEE ALSO

db.connect, db.describe, db.drivers, db.droptable, db.execute, db.login, db.tables, GRASS SQL interface

AUTHOR

Radim Blazek, ITC-Irst, Trento, Italy
Last changed: $Date: 2011-11-08 10:42:51 +0100 (Tue, 08 Nov 2011) $
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