[GRASS-user] ERROR: Database connection not defined

[Moritz Lennert]

On 31/03/08 16:39, Jose A. Ruiz-Arias wrote:
> Dear list,
> after importing a tab file formatted with columns xutm, yutm and cat 
> using v.in.ascii, I have try v.db.select against this vector and the 
> next error appeared:
> 
> 'ERROR: Database connection not defined'
> 
> This is a bit odd for me considering that I remember some weeks ago I 
> created with v.in.ascii other point vectors from tab files formatted 
> like this and v.db.select worked properly. Someone could advise me?

 From the v.in.ascii man page:

"Attribute table is only created if it is needed, i.e. when at least one 
attribute column is present in the input file besides geometry columns."

Moritz