[GRASS-user] Re: [GRASSLIST:1171] GRASS-commands and sql-statements: wildcards not possible?

[Markus Neteler]

wqual wrote on 08/02/2006 08:36 AM:
> Hi list,
> A short question on sql-commands in GRASS: is there a possibility to use 
> wildcards in sql-statements? Using QGIS, I found out that the advance search 
> function does allow statements like [coloum name] like 'Pattern%', but this 
> does not work with GRASS. "*" also does not do the job...
>
> Best regards,
>   
Wolfgang,

GRASS 6.1 supports wildcards (the DBF driver limited, the other drivers
like standard SQL):
http://grass.itc.it/pipermail/grass-dev/2006-July/024473.html

http://grass.itc.it/grass61/manuals/html61_user/sql.html
-> Example of pattern matching

cheers
 Markus

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