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.

EXAMPLE

db.describe -c table=roads database='$GISDBASE/$LOCATION_NAME/PERMANENT/dbf/' \
            driver=dbf
ncols:2
Column 1:cat:INTEGER:11
Column 2:label:CHARACTER:43

db.describe table=roads database='$GISDBASE/$LOCATION_NAME/PERMANENT/dbf/' \
            driver=dbf
table:roads
description:
insert:yes
delete:yes
ncols:2

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

SEE ALSO

db.columns, db.droptable, db.execute, db.login, db.tables, GRASS SQL interface

AUTHOR

Radim Blazek, ITC-Irst, Trento, Italy

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