<div dir="ltr">Markus,<br><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 9:48 AM, Markus Metz <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:markus.metz.giswork@gmail.com" target="_blank">markus.metz.giswork@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 9:24 AM, Margherita Di Leo <<a href="mailto:diregola@gmail.com">diregola@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hi,<br>
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> importing a vector either using v.import GUI or v.in.ogr, it tries to rename<br>
> the column <cat> into <cat_>, but both already exist and it throws out an<br>
> error.<br>
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> Is there a way to overcome this?<br>
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</span>you can overcome this with the columns option of v.in.ogr.<br>
<br></blockquote><div>Thank you for your suggestion. Do I understand correctly that this will add a third column? If in my work flow I have to import-process-export multiple times, this will add a column every time unless I explicitly drop a column? <br></div></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><font color="#666666">Margherita Di Leo</font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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