[GRASS5] [bug #3573] (grass) v.db.select - don't force all the input columns to the output datable

[Markus Neteler]

On Thu, Aug 25, 2005 at 02:40:31PM +0200, Request Tracker wrote:
> this bug's URL: http://intevation.de/rt/webrt?serial_num=3573
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> Subject: v.db.select - don't force all the input columns to the output datable
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> Platform: GNU/Linux/i386
> grass obtained from: CVS
> grass binary for platform: Compiled from Sources
> GRASS Version: cvs 23.08.05
> 
> Please let me choose whether I want all the input columns to be present in the output datatable or only those selected by me.
> 
> Below I'm trying to omit importing the x and y columns to output datatable (I want to use them only for coordinates). But this is recognized as an "error".
> 
> v.db.select -c map=wejscie column=cat,rast_val,x,y | v.in.ascii output=grd_faults_pt_nocat_addcat_asc columns='CAT integer, WYS double' x=3 y=4 cat=1
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> Maximum input row length: 44
> Maximum number of columns: 4
> Minimum number of columns: 4
> column: 1  type: integer
> column: 2  type: double
> column: 3  type: double
> column: 4  type: double
> ERROR: Number of columns defined (2) does not match number of columns (4)
>        in input.
> 
> Maciek
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> -------------------------------------------- Managed by Request Tracker
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Maciek,

you could put a
 
| cut -d'<delimiter>' -f<field>[,<field>] in between. 


Markus