[GRASSLIST:3743] v.reclass in GRASS 57

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Hello all,
I need to dissolve boundaries between polygons sharing a same attribute in a 
huge vector map. I'm trying to use v.reclass in GRASS 5.7.0 (06/17/2004),
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v.reclass i=WOH_all o=WOH_subbasins type=area rules=./rules.rks field=4
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where rules.rks is a text file as:
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cat 101
where SUBBASIN="Ashokan Reservoir"
cat 102
where SUBBASIN="Beaver Kill"
cat 103
where SUBBASIN="Birch Creek"
...
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The command above gives me :
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dbmi: Protocol error
ERROR: Cannot select values from database.
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Though, v.db.connect works nicely (seems so): it detects that WOH_all is 
connected to 4 dbf tables (the map comes from a e00 transformed to coverage 
by avcimport...), proper driver (dbf), proper fields (field i from table 
WOH_all_i.dbf with key=cat), I can display selected areas with d.vect 
correctly...
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d.vect WOH_all col=blue where="SUBBASIN='Beaver Kill'" field=4
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Any ideas welcomed. If there's a workaround, I'd be happy with it 
Thanks a lot in advance


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