[GRASS-user] table entry for every geometry object(s id)

[achim]

...I mean: how to get an table entry for every vector objects Id? (every 
geometry object has an unique id)


achim wrote:
> Yes, thanks,
> 
> but how to force that every single geometry object (of one kind) gets an 
> entry?
> 
> Achim
> 
> (just to mention: And why aren't those commands reachable in an useful 
> order? One always has to check whether the table are built, go and add a 
> table, on another place set connection, on another place load up 
> cats...alway confusing and lots of clicking in the gui)
> 
> Moritz Lennert wrote:
>> On 26/06/09 11:30, achim wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I think I am not the only one having problems with getting the 
>>> connection "vector geometry features" - "attribute table" (for me its 
>>> a sqlite db at the moment). ;-)
>>>
>>> So I wonder how is the default way to deal with vector layers to 
>>> establish a metadata table to each geometry object?
>>
>> Normally, categories are added and a table is automatically created at 
>> vector import, or, by default, at digitalisation. But some modules do 
>> not create a table as they wouldn't know what to put in it (and a 
>> table with just cat values is not very useful as such).
>>
>>>
>>> I always have the problem that the table is empty. And adding 
>>> category is not enough to add an entry for every geometry object... 
>>> well.
>>
>> After adding the category, you have to upload it to the table with 
>> v.to.db.
>>
>> If you do not even have a table connected to the map, you can run the 
>> script v.db.addtable which creates the table (by running an SQL query) 
>> and then adds the category values to it (with v.to.db).
>>
>> Moritz
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