[GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS GIS] #787: v.in.db: add v.in.ogr-like "-t" option

[Michael Barton]

On Jan 13, 2010, at 3:41 AM, grass-dev-request at lists.osgeo.org wrote:

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> Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 10:06:37 -0000
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> Subject: [GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS GIS] #787: v.in.db: add v.in.ogr-like
>        "-t"    option
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> #787: v.in.db: add v.in.ogr-like "-t" option
> ---------------------------+------------------------------------------------
>  Reporter:  grasslandtom  |       Owner:  grass-dev at lists.osgeo.org
>      Type:  enhancement   |      Status:  closed
>  Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  6.4.0
> Component:  Vector        |     Version:  unspecified
> Resolution:  invalid       |    Keywords:  v.in.db
>  Platform:  Unspecified   |         Cpu:  Unspecified
> ---------------------------+------------------------------------------------
> Changes (by grasslandtom):
> 
>  * status:  new => closed
>  * resolution:  => invalid
> 
> Comment:
> 
> Oops! I see, I should have asked on the mailinglist before filing this.
> 
> Nevertheless: what I meant was something like
> 
> {{{
> #import vector from table without copying the table:
> v.in.db -t sometable x=x_col y=y_col cat=id_col out=somevector
> # connect to original table
> v.db.connect somevector table=sometable key=id_col
> }}}
> 
> But this could be mimicked by
> 
> {{{
> db.select sometable sql='select x_col,y_col,id_col from sometable' |
> v.in.ascii -t cat=3 out=somevector
> v.db.connect somevector table=sometable key=id_col
> }}}
> 
> Thus I set this to resolved as invalid.
> 
> Thanks for the hint with the pipe! Sorry for being to quick asking here.
> 
> Tom

All well and good for *nix OS's, but Windows doesn't have a pipe like this.

Michael