[winGRASS] v.db.addcol

[Glynn Clements]

Moritz Lennert wrote:

> > I have narrowed down the issue a bit: the problem only occurs with the 
> > dbf driver, not with postgresql or sqlite. Up to now I have seen that 
> > inserts and updates do not work.
> > 
> > Will look further.
> > 
> 
> Found it:
> 
> The rename function used to move the temporary dbf file to the correct 
> filename of the table does not work correctly in windows, as it does not 
> allow to rename to an existing file:
> 
> "The rename function renames the file or directory specified by oldname 
> to the name given by newname. The old name must be the path of an 
> existing file or directory. The new name must not be the name of an 
> existing file or directory"
> (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/zw5t957f(VS.71).aspx)
> 
> So we'll need to find another function to use here.
> 
> Glynn, any hints ?

Call remove() first.

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Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>