[GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #1673: Automatic column name import via v.in.ascii

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#1673: Automatic column name import via v.in.ascii
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 Reporter:  jradinger    |       Owner:  grass-dev@…              
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new                      
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  7.0.0                    
Component:  Vector       |     Version:  unspecified              
 Keywords:  v.in.ascii   |    Platform:  All                      
      Cpu:  All          |  
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Changes (by neteler):

  * milestone:  6.4.3 => 7.0.0


Comment:

 Replying to [ticket:1673 jradinger]:
 > According to M. Metz the module v.in.ascii can already automatically
 > detect the column type during import. It would be nice to have also
 > the option to read/import the column names from the import files from
 line X,
 > e.g. names=1 to read column names from line 1.

 This requires to do name column names "laundery" in order to avoid
 incompatible
 names (e.g. white space, strange chars etc).

 Perhaps the "cnames=" polishing code from v.in.ogr could be of use.

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