[GRASSLIST:4572] Re: Querying a vector map in another mapset

Radim Blazek blazek at itc.it
Tue Oct 19 04:33:25 EDT 2004


On Tuesday 19 October 2004 03:15, SWlab wrote:
> Hello,
> Silly question I know, but I can't seem to find the answer in manuals:
> In Grass570, how do I query a vector map in another mapset, without
> switching to this mapset ?
> A command such as
> echo "select BLAH from MAP at OTHERMAPSET where ..." | db.select -c
> raises me a protocol error. Switching to OTHERMAPSET and starting the same
> request (with MAP instead of MAP at OTHERMAPSET) works without problem.

You must specify a table and database. @MAPSET cannot be used 
for db tables.

Radim




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