[GRASSLIST:5737] Re: Grass 6.0 and PG Database - tables not being deleted when vectors g.removed

[Kirk R. Wythers]

On Feb 11, 2005, at 8:47 AM, Radim Blazek wrote:

> g.remove (db_table_exists) was using fully qualified names 
> (table.schema ->public.fmacopy) so it could not find fmacopy.
> I have fixed that so that if the input table name is fully qualified, 
> db_table_exists checks full name otherwise only table.
>
> I am not sure if it is the best solution, unfortunately we don't have 
> enough experience with schemas. The table with the same name can be in 
> other schema.
>
> I think that it is better to use db.connect schema=, even if you use 
> only public.
>
> Radim

Along these same lines... how are database table names, column names, 
and vector layers related? For example, I want to add a layer to to a 
vector file, should that be done through db.connect?