[GRASS-user] Re: How to remove nonexistent vector map

[Aren Cambre]

I've reported this as a bug: http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/1438

On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 9:18 PM, Aren Cambre <aren at arencambre.com> wrote:

> I am trying to run *v.in.ogr* against a PostGIS database. The command's
> output is:
>
> *ERROR: Vector map <pointdata> already exists*
>
>
> Yet when I run *g.remove pointdata*, I get:
>
> *Removing raster <pointdata>*
> *Raster map <pointdata> not found*
> *<pointdata> nothing removed*
>
>
> But then you may say, "Hey, moron, that's a vector layer! Use the right
> command." OK, I ran *g.remove vect=pointdata *and I get:
>
> *Removing vector <pointdata>*
> *DBMI-DBF driver error:*
> *Unable to open database <cat C:\Users\Aren Cambre\Desktop\DEEM
> documents\GRASS\DallasCountyCrashes\Crases2\dbf\> by driver <dbf>*
> *Unable open database <cat C:\Users\Aren Cambre\Desktop\DEEM
> documents\GRASS\DallasCountyCrashes\Crases2\dbf\> by driver <dbf>*
> *Unable to find table <crash> linked to vector map <pointdata>*
> *couldn't be removed*
> *<pointdata> nothing removed*
>
>
> Huh?
>
> Aren
>
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