[GRASS5] db.oodbfedit: a _very_ simplistic approach to dbf attribute editing

[Radim Blazek]

Moritz Lennert wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Playing around with the question of how to allow spreadsheet-style attribute
> editing from the GIS Manager - mostly to satisfy demand from colleagues, I
> came up with this _very_ simplistic solution using openoffice.
> 
> This is more of a proof of concept than anything else. The question for me is
> whether we should try to write a specific tcl routine to access the different
> types of databases available, or whether we should just use existing tools
> such as openoffice (but which probably won't be installed for many users).
> 
> So here's the little bit of code. Any comments and reflections welcome.
> 
> Moritz

To open a database table in spreadsheet is VERY BAD idea, you can be 
almost sure that data will be corrupted somehow.
Isn't it possible to open the table as "data source"?

Radim