[GRASS-SVN] r50332 - grass/trunk/db/db.select

[svn_grass at osgeo.org]

Author: martinl
Date: 2012-01-20 11:14:58 -0800 (Fri, 20 Jan 2012)
New Revision: 50332

Modified:
   grass/trunk/db/db.select/db.select.html
Log:
db.select: minor manual clean-up


Modified: grass/trunk/db/db.select/db.select.html
===================================================================
--- grass/trunk/db/db.select/db.select.html	2012-01-20 19:01:55 UTC (rev 50331)
+++ grass/trunk/db/db.select/db.select.html	2012-01-20 19:14:58 UTC (rev 50332)
@@ -6,60 +6,76 @@
 
 <h2>NOTE</h2>
 
-If parameters for database connection are already set with 
-<a href="db.connect.html">db.connect</a>, they are taken as default values and
-do not need to be spcified each time. Output will be displayed to stdout or can
-be directed to a file.
+If parameters for database connection are already set with
+<em><a href="db.connect.html">db.connect</a></em>, they are taken as
+default values and do not need to be spcified each time. Output will
+be displayed to stdout or can be directed to a file.
 
 <h2>EXAMPLES</h2>
 
+Basic usage:
 <div class="code"><pre>
+db.select sql="select * from roads"
+</pre></div>
+or
+<div class="code"><pre>
 echo "select * from roads" | db.select 
+</pre></div>
 or
- cat file.sql | db.select 
+<div class="code"><pre>
+cat file.sql | db.select 
+</pre></div>
 or
- db.select input=file.sql
+<div class="code"><pre>
+db.select input=file.sql
 </pre></div>
 
 <p>
-<em>Select all from table roads</em><br>
+Select all from table roads:
 <div class="code"><pre>
 db.select -c driver=odbc database=g51test table=roads input=file.sql > result.csv
 </pre></div>
 
 <p>
-<em>Select some string attribute, exclude others:</em><br>
+Select some string attribute, exclude others:
 <div class="code"><pre>
-echo "SELECT * FROM archsites WHERE str1 &lt;&gt; 'No Name'" | db.select
+db.select sql="SELECT * FROM archsites WHERE str1 &lt;&gt; 'No Name'"
 </pre></div>
 
 <p>
-<em>Select some string attribute with ZERO length:</em><br>
+Select some string attribute with ZERO length:
 <div class="code"><pre>
-echo "SELECT * FROM archsites WHERE str1 IS NULL" | db.select
+db.select sql="SELECT * FROM archsites WHERE str1 IS NULL"
 </pre></div>
 
 <p>
-<em>Select coordinates from PostGIS table:</em><br>
+Select coordinates from PostGIS table:
 <div class="code"><pre>
-echo "SELECT x(geo),y(geo) FROM localizzazione" | db.select
+db.select sql="SELECT x(geo),y(geo) FROM localizzazione"
 </pre></div>
 
 <h2>SEE ALSO</h2>
 
-<em><a href="sql.html">GRASS SQL interface</a>,
-<a href="db.connect.html">db.connect</a>,
-<a href="db.describe.html">db.describe</a>,
-<a href="db.drivers.html">db.drivers</a>,
-<a href="db.droptable.html">db.droptable</a>,
-<a href="db.execute.html">db.execute</a>,
-<a href="db.login.html">db.login</a>,
-<a href="db.tables.html">db.tables</a></em>
+<em>
+  <a href="sql.html">GRASS SQL interface</a>
+</em>
 
+<p>
+  <em>
+    <a href="db.connect.html">db.connect</a>,
+    <a href="db.describe.html">db.describe</a>,
+    <a href="db.drivers.html">db.drivers</a>,
+    <a href="db.droptable.html">db.droptable</a>,
+    <a href="db.execute.html">db.execute</a>,
+    <a href="db.login.html">db.login</a>,
+    <a href="db.tables.html">db.tables</a>
+  </em>
 
 <h2>AUTHOR</h2>
-?<br>
+
+Original author unknown<br>
 Modifications: Radim Blazek, ITC-Irst, Trento, Italy
 
-<p><i>Last changed: $Date$</i>
+<p>
+<i>Last changed: $Date$</i>