[GRASS-dev] [bug #4141] (grass) more sql statements for db.execute

[Hamish]

> Maciek wrote:
> > By accident I have laerned today that db.execute is not supposed to
> > support SELECT query. We have db.select for that. In that case, do we
> > call the case closed?

Brad Douglas wrote:
> Personally, I'd like db.select merged into db.execute.  I don't use the
> db.* commands daily and I've fallen into the above case before.
> However, I quickly remember the more appropriate usage.
> 
> OTOH, db.execute isn't supposed to return and resulting set, which is
> why db.select exists (to my knowledge).  I've committed a change in CVS
> to db.execute.html noting this and suggests using db.select.

IIRC in an old post Radim explained why that must be, but can't find it
now.

> I would consider this closed.

still outstanding: db.execute needs to throw an error- not segfault -when
passed SELECT.


Hamish