[GRASSLIST:4262] Re: attribute table

[Markus Neteler]

On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 04:42:21PM +0800, nromena at skyinet.net wrote:
> Dear Dr. Hamish & the list:
> 
> Thank you for the replies.
> 
> I am still confused how to see the attribute tables. In a commercial gis i 
> once used, the attribute table is generated automatically after creating a 
> polygon. There is a command option to open the attribute table and the 
> table will pop-up when selected. The attribute table will have at least 2 
> important fields, feature unique id number and type. From there, I could 
> add fields according to my data. However in using grass5.0.3, I still don't 
> know how to open the attribute table. Is it generated automatically? Do I 
> need to create and link a separate tabular data file?

Let me recommend GRASS 5.7.
The vector engine and the attribute management was completely
overhauled. In GRASS 5.0.x/5.3.x you won't find a satisfying solution.

Markus