[GRASS-user] Question about databases and vector files...

[Moritz Lennert]

On 26/04/07 17:09, Jonathan Greenberg wrote:
> Hmm, good question -- mostly I'm wondering about the use of v.in.ogr for a
> huge shapefile (3 million + points with about 6 attributes per point) -- the
> dbf driver seems to either stall or crash (depending on the installation of
> grass) -- if I establish pg as the driver, will it use pg to import as well?

To import the attribute data, yes, but not the geometries. These are 
always imported into the native GRASS vector format.

Moritz