[GRASS-user] v.in.db question

[Rich Shepard]

   The first example on the v.in.db manual page (version 6.5) has the map
output name the same as the input table name. When I try to do this grass
throws an error:

v.in.db tab=sites x=easting y=northing key=cat out=sites
ERROR: Output vector map, table <sites> (driver: <pg>, database:
        <>) already exists

   However, the vector map was not in the list before running the module.
After running the module, the map 'sites' appears in the list but is empty.

   What have I missed here?

Rich