[GRASS-user] Connect additional dbf file based on layer 1 attribute column

[Luigi Ponti]

Dear list,

I am trying to import the European Vector Database (ESDB) version 2 to 
GRASS -- original data is ArcInfo shapefile. Maybe most of you already 
know about this freely downloadable database, but for those who don't: 
http://eusoils.jrc.ec.europa.eu/Library/ESDAC/Online_Data.cfm

Well, the main ESDB shapefile layer name is called sgdbe4_0, which comes 
in the usual .shp, .prj, .shx, and .dbf extensions. The sgdbe4_0 layer 
gets imported OK via v.in.ogr, but most of the soil database is left out 
of the new GRASS vector, because it is included in additional .dbf files 
with different names, which are therefore not imported into the new 
GRASS vector.

The sgdbe4_0.dbf table in the GRASS vector has at least one attribute 
column in common with the other additional .dbf files that don't get 
imported. Is it possible to connect those .dbf files to the imported 
GRASS vector based on an attribute column (not the 'cat' column) that is 
present both in layer 1 of the vector and in those additional (not 
connected) .dbf files?

Thanks and regards,

Luigi

[GRASS 6.2 - Cygwin]