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db.describe(1grass) GRASS GIS User's Manual db.describe(1grass)

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:


Print column names only instead of full column descriptions

Print usage summary

Verbose module output

Quiet module output

Force launching GUI dialog

Parameters:


Name of attribute table

Name of database driver
Options: dbf, mysql, odbc, ogr, pg, sqlite
Default: sqlite

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: Sat Jun 4 12:05:55 2022

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