[gdal-dev] ogrinfo vs gdal vector info equivalent command

[Scott]

Worked perfect. I tried it with 'gdal vector sql' also, but it was the 
--update I was missing.

Thanks Even!

On 4/1/26 18:03, Even Rouault wrote:
> Scott,
> 
> you don't want info, you want to run a sql command. So gdal vector 
> sql !  And as you perform modifications, you need to provide explicit -- 
> update
> 
> gdal vector sql --update --sql "create index mytable_col_idx on 
> mytable(col)" source.gpkg
> 
> Even
> 
> Le 02/04/2026 à 02:58, Scott via gdal-dev a écrit :
>> Greetings!
>>
>> What is the equivalent 'gdal vector info' (or other CLI) command to 
>> the older ogrinfo syntax?
>>
>> ogrinfo -dialect sqlite -sql "create index if not exists 
>> mytable_col_idx on mytable(col)" source.gpkg
>>
>> The above works fine, the following errors out:
>>
>> gdal vector info --dialect sqlite --sql "create index mytable_col_idx 
>> on mytable(col)" source.gpkg
>>
>> ERROR 1: In ExecuteSQL(): sqlite3_step(create index mytable_col_idx on 
>> mytable(col)):
>>   attempt to write a readonly database
>>
>>
>> I'm struggling with this and have continued to use the old ogrinfo.
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Scott
>>