[GRASS-user] Trouble with v.db.join and sqlite

[Glynn Clements]

Markus Neteler wrote:

> >> > (Hopefully) fixed in 6.4.develbranch and 7.trunk.
> >>
> >> Do I understand correctly that the patch ignores the column if the name
> >> already exists ? Wouldn't it be more "user-friendly" to rename it ?
> >
> > I don't know about "user-friendly", but it would be safer to just
> > abort with an error if the column already exists.
> >
> > If you're going to replace the contents of an existing column, you
> > should only do so if --overwrite is given.
> 
> Sounds reasonable.
> It would be good if someone adds both error abort and --overwrite
> flag in that script.

AIUI, you already have the error abort for free, due to v.db.addcol
failing.

Handling --overwrite would be nice, but in the meantime the main thing
is not to try to circumvent the error by unconditionally deleting the
column. So, I have reverted your recent change.

-- 
Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>