[GRASSLIST:10069] Re: v.to.db syntax

[Michael Barton]

Kirk,

Here's one thought. Are the columns actually named "x" and "y"?
You need to specify real column names.

Michael
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> From: "Kirk R. Wythers" <kwythers at umn.edu>
> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 15:23:21 -0600
> To: List Users GRASS <GRASSLIST at baylor.edu>
> Cc: Blazek Radim <blazek at itc.it>
> Subject: [GRASSLIST:10057] v.to.db syntax
> 
> Could someone expand on the syntax for the command v.to.db?
> 
> I have a vector file that came with bad y coordinate values in the
> downloaded dbf attribute table. Therefor when I read the shape file
> into grass with v.in.ogr (I'm connected to postgresql database), the
> y value in attribute table in pg is also wrong. I want to re-write
> the y coordinates in the attribute table with the correct geometry
> from the vector file.
> 
> I tried:
> 
>   v.to.db NAME_OF_GRASS_VECTOR option=coor col=x,y
> 
> The command appeared to run (albit it took a while) but did not re-
> write the attibute table associated with the vector. Anyone see what
> I messed up?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Kirk