[GRASS-user] DB copy for v.db.connect

[Moritz Lennert]

On 03/11/08 12:37, Hamish wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> it is advised to copy DB before running v.db.connect to a second map, as
> if you delete the second map the DB will be removed for the parent map
> too.  db.copy seems the obvious way to do that, but db.* only work if the
> source map (ie table) is in the same mapset as the new map.  

???

db.copy doesn't care about maps (only v.db.* modules care about maps),
it only cares about tables, databases and drivers and AFAIK you can copy
any table from any supported database to any other supported database...

Moritz