MySQL embedded driver in GRASS
MySQL database driver in GRASS enables GRASS to store vector
attributes in MySQL embedded database without necessity
to run MySQL server.
Driver and database name
GRASS modules require 2 parameters to connect to a database.
Those parameters are 'driver' and 'database'. For MySQL embedded
driver the parameter 'driver' should be set to value 'mesql'.
The parameter 'database' is a full path to the directory
where database tables are stored. The best place is
a directory in the mapset. The directory must be created
before use of the driver. In the name of database
it is possible to use 3 variables:
- $GISDBASE - path to current GISBASE
- $LOCATION_NAME - name of current location
- $MAPSET - name of current mapset
Examples of connection parameters:
db.connect driver=mesql database='$GISDBASE/$LOCATION_NAME/$MAPSET/mysql'
db.connect driver=mesql database=/home/user1/db
Data types, indexes
For more informations about supported data types and indexes
see the documentation for
MySQL (mysql) driver
Database type
Because database closing was found very slow if InnoDB was used,
the InnoDB storage is disabled by default (hardcoded
'--skip-innodb' server option).
Note
The embedded server is started with hardcoded '--bootstrap'
option to avoid warning about missing
mysql.time_zone_leap_second table. This can be fixed in future.
SEE ALSO
db.connect,
SQL support in GRASS GIS
Credits
Development of the driver was sponsored by
Faunalia (Italy)
as part of a project for ATAC.
AUTHOR
Radim Blazek
Last changed: $Date: 2007-10-28 14:03:29 -0700 (Sun, 28 Oct 2007) $
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