[GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #1633: Unable to display shapefile attribute table due to pipe characters in dbf field

[GRASS GIS]

#1633: Unable to display shapefile attribute table due to pipe characters in dbf
field
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  Reporter:  richardc     |       Owner:  grass-dev@…              
      Type:  defect       |      Status:  reopened                 
  Priority:  critical     |   Milestone:  6.4.3                    
 Component:  wxGUI        |     Version:  svn-releasebranch64      
Resolution:               |    Keywords:  database, separator      
  Platform:  Unspecified  |         Cpu:  Unspecified              
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Comment(by hamish):

 maybe replicate what `find -print0` + `xargs -0` does and support fs=null
 for v.db.select?

 sample data:
 {{{
 #easting,northing,text string
 599490,4920855,foo
 599590,4920755,bar
 599690,4920655,baz|qux
 599790,4920555,qux
 599890,4920455,foo
 }}}

  v.in.ascii in=test_pipe.csv out=test_pipe fs=, x=1 y=2

 another less definitive but more probable to work with standard python
 string functions idea is to take advantage of the fact that v.db.select's
 fs= option can take an unlikely string, not just a single char:

  v.db.select test_pipe fs='{_sep_}'


 Hamish

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