[GRASS-user] map query tool in 6.4.2RC1 ???

[Martin Landa]

Hi,

2011/10/20 Shane Litherland <litherland-farm at bigpond.com>:
> In 6.4.1 wxGUI, I noticed that the query tool icon in map display gave
> user an option to query (display mode) or query (edit mode) - the former
> showed details in output window, the latter opened a dialog box allowing
> view/edit of data in connected table.
>
> now in 6.4.2RC1, there does not seem to be an option to choose - I click
> the tool, then clicking on the map does the 'edit' option of opening
> dialog to view/edit data in table.... if/when it works that is...

right, querying options has been simplified. For vector maps it's
shown wxGUI dialog with results, querying raster maps is still
redirected to command output window.

> A problem I find, is that some things I click on don't give results, I
> get this sort of error:
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>  File "/usr/grass-6.4.2RC1/etc/wxpython/gui_modules/mapdisp
> _window.py", line 1017, in MouseActions
>
> self.OnLeftUp(event)
>  File "/usr/grass-6.4.2RC1/etc/wxpython/gui_modules/mapdisp
> _window.py", line 1207, in OnLeftUp
>
> self.parent.QueryVector(self.mouse['begin'][0],
> self.mouse['begin'][1])
>  File
> "/usr/grass-6.4.2RC1/etc/wxpython/gui_modules/mapdisp.py",
> line 1382, in QueryVector
>
> action = mode)
>  File "/usr/grass-6.4.2RC1/etc/wxpython/gui_modules/dbm_dia
> logs.py", line 104, in __init__
>
> self.UpdateDialog(query = query, cats = cats)
>  File "/usr/grass-6.4.2RC1/etc/wxpython/gui_modules/dbm_dia
> logs.py", line 362, in UpdateDialog
>
> query[1])
>  File
> "/usr/grass-6.4.2RC1/etc/wxpython/gui_modules/dbm_base.py",
> line 109, in SelectByPoint
>
> if self.tables[table][key]['ctype'] != types.StringType:
> KeyError
> :
> 'grthrs_pax'
>
> ...........
> I get similar message with different last line for different vectors I
> query, but it seems to be having an issue with certain columns from
> connected tables? for one vector as above, it is the last column of the
> table connected on layer 3. column is "character varying(20)"
>
> On another vector, I get similar message and it is the last column of
> the table connected on layer 2, format "integer"
>
> Yet I can go to another vector, that has "integer" "double precision"
> and "character" and the edit dialog box will pop up when I click on the
> map.

could you send `v.db.connect -g` and `v.info -c` output for
problematic sample vector map?

Martin

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Martin Landa <landa.martin gmail.com> * http://geo.fsv.cvut.cz/~landa