RIM reply to John Miller: ccjwm@jcu.edu.au

[Carlo van de Rijt]

>  
>  	Use this file with the `.input' command immediately after you 
>  start v.db.rim interactively (ie., `v.db.rim database_name').  Then read in
>  the desired vector map(s) with `.re  filename attnum name'.  You will
>  then be able to query by attribute # or by catagory names.
>  	(If anyone on the lists has worked on entering multiple text fields
>  into RIM without MANUALLY entering each new entry, I'd sure like to hear how
>  you did it!!)
>  
>  ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^
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>     Ronald Thomas                         ^  ront at meeker.cfnr.colostate.edu
>      Natural Resource Spec. (GIS)         ^  
>       Resource Management Division        ^   Phone: 303-586-3565  x285
>        Rocky Mountain National Park       ^          700-323-7285  (FTS)
>         Estes Park, CO  80517             ^ 
>  ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^
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We managed to read multiple columns into RIM by using the Unix 'join' command
and by editing the header information of the ascii RIM files.
If you need more information, please contact me.



Carlo van de Rijt
Dept. of Ecology
Un. of Nijmegen
The Netherlands