GRASS GIS manual: db.describe

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NAME

db.describe - Describes a table in detail.

KEYWORDS

database, attribute table

SYNOPSIS

db.describe

db.describe --help

db.describe [-ct] table=name [driver=name] [database=name] [--help] [--verbose] [--quiet] [--ui]

Flags:

-c: Print column names only instead of full column descriptions
-t: Print table structure
--help: Print usage summary
--verbose: Verbose module output
--quiet: Quiet module output
--ui: Force launching GUI dialog

Parameters:

table=name [required]: Name of attribute table
driver=name: Name of database driver; Options: dbf, mysql, odbc, ogr, pg, sqlite; Default: sqlite
database=name: Name of database; Default: $GISDBASE/$LOCATION_NAME/$MAPSET/sqlite/sqlite.db

DESCRIPTION
NOTE
EXAMPLES
- DBF example
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR

DESCRIPTION

db.describe displays table information. If parameter -c is used only column names instead of full column descriptions is given.

NOTE

If parameters for database connection are already set with db.connect, they are taken as default values and do not need to be spcified each time.

EXAMPLES

List column descriptions of table in SQLite database (note that this is the default setting)

db.describe driver=sqlite table=hospitals \
   database='$GISDBASE/$LOCATION_NAME/$MAPSET/sqlite/sqlite.db'

# or simply
db.describe myarchsites

DBF example

db.describe -c table=hospitals database='$GISDBASE/$LOCATION_NAME/PERMANENT/dbf/' \
            driver=dbf
ncols: 16
nrows: 160
Column 1: cat:INTEGER:11
Column 2: OBJECTID:INTEGER:11
Column 3: AREA:DOUBLE PRECISION:20
[...]

db.describe table=hospitals database='$GISDBASE/$LOCATION_NAME/PERMANENT/dbf/' \
            driver=dbf
table:hospitals
description:
insert:yes
delete:yes
ncols:16
nrows:160

column:cat
description:
type:INTEGER
len:11
scale:0
precision:10
default:
nullok:yes
select:yes
update:yes

column:OBJECTID
description:
type:INTEGER
[...]

AUTHOR

Radim Blazek, ITC-Irst, Trento, Italy

Last changed: $Date: 2014-11-28 01:58:18 -0800 (Fri, 28 Nov 2014) $

SOURCE CODE

Available at: db.describe source code (history)