[GRASSLIST:6663] Re: is search working?

[Kirk R. Wythers]

On Apr 28, 2005, at 2:04 AM, Markus Neteler wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 27, 2005 at 10:15:11AM -0500, Kirk R. Wythers wrote:
>> Are the search functions on the user and developer mailing lists
>> working properly?
>
> Yes, I think so:
>
>  http://grass.itc.it/searchgrass.php
>  Search: attributes
>  Restrict to: GRASS Developers Mailing list
>  -> Documents 1 - 10 of 835 matches.
>
> Where did you try (URL?). It should be redirected to grass.itc.it.

Thanks Markus. I was going in through the community link, to mailing 
lists, then getting directed to:

http://grass.institutoecos.org.br/cgi-bin/htsearch

They seem to have some kind of server issue. I emailed the 
administrator about it.


>
>> I am looking for tips on adding attributes (something
>> like add columns) to existing vector maps (I thought this was a job 
>> for
>> v.digit) however, I keep getting the dreaded "no matching articles"
>> returned.
>
> Search for 'db.execute' :-)
>
> http://grass.itc.it/grass60/manuals/html60_user/db.execute.html
>   Add new column to attribute table:
>   echo "ALTER TABLE roads ADD COLUMN length double" | db.execute
>
> Hope this helps
>
>  Markus
>