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NAME

db.describe - Describes a table in detail.

KEYWORDS

database, attribute table

SYNOPSIS

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

Flags:

-c
Print column names only instead of full column descriptions
-t
Print table structure
--verbose
Verbose module output
--quiet
Quiet module output

Parameters:

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

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.

EXAMPLE

db.describe -c table=roads database='$GISDBASE/$LOCATION_NAME/PERMANENT/dbf/' \
            driver=dbf
ncols:2
Column 1:cat:INTEGER:11
Column 2:label:CHARACTER:43
db.describe table=roads database='$GISDBASE/$LOCATION_NAME/PERMANENT/dbf/' \
            driver=dbf
table:roads
description:
insert:yes
delete:yes
ncols:2

column:cat
description:
type:INTEGER
len:11
scale:0
precision:10
default:
nullok:yes
select:yes
update:yes
[...]

SEE ALSO

db.columns, db.droptable, db.execute, db.login, db.tables, GRASS SQL interface

AUTHOR

Radim Blazek, ITC-Irst, Trento, Italy

Last changed: $Date: 2011-11-08 01:42:51 -0800 (Tue, 08 Nov 2011) $


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