v.db.selectgrass - Online in the Cloud

PROGRAM:

NAME

v.db.select - Prints vector map attributes.

KEYWORDS

vector, attribute table, database, SQL

SYNOPSIS

v.db.select
v.db.select --help
v.db.select [-rcvf] map=name [layer=string] [columns=name[,name,...]]
[where=sql_query] [separator=character] [vertical_separator=character]
[null_value=string] [file=name] [--overwrite] [--help] [--verbose] [--quiet]
[--ui]

Flags:
-r
Print minimal region extent of selected vector features instead of attributes

-c
Do not include column names in output

-v
Vertical output (instead of horizontal)

-f
Exclude attributes not linked to features

--overwrite
Allow output files to overwrite existing files

--help
Print usage summary

--verbose
Verbose module output

--quiet
Quiet module output

--ui
Force launching GUI dialog

Parameters:
map=name [required]
Name of vector map
Or data source for direct OGR access

layer=string
Layer number or name
Vector features can have category values in different layers. This number determines
which layer to use. When used with direct OGR access this is the layer name.
Default: 1

columns=name[,name,...]
Name of attribute column(s)

where=sql_query
WHERE conditions of SQL statement without ’where’ keyword
Example: income < 1000 and inhab >= 10000

separator=character
Field separator
Special characters: pipe, comma, space, tab, newline
Default: pipe

vertical_separator=character
Output vertical record separator
Special characters: pipe, comma, space, tab, newline

null_value=string
String representing NULL value

file=name
Name for output file (if omitted or "-" output to stdout)

DESCRIPTION

v.db.select prints attributes of a vector map from one or several user selected attribute
table columns.

EXAMPLES

All examples are based on the North Carolina sample dataset.

Select and show entire table
v.db.select map=roadsmajor
cat|MAJORRDS_|ROAD_NAME|MULTILANE|PROPYEAR|OBJECTID|SHAPE_LEN
1|1|NC-50|no|0|1|4825.369405
2|2|NC-50|no|0|2|14392.589058
3|3|NC-98|no|0|3|3212.981242
4|4|NC-50|no|0|4|13391.907552
...

Select and show single column from table
Note: multiple columns can be specified as comma separated list.
v.db.select map=roadsmajor column=ROAD_NAME
NC-50
NC-50
NC-98
NC-50
NC-98
...

Print region extent of selected vector features
v.db.select -r map=roadsmajor where="ROAD_NAME = ’NC-98’"
n=248425.389891
s=245640.640081
w=635906.517653
e=661979.801880

Select empty vector features (no data entries)
v.db.select geonames_wake where="ALTERNATEN IS NULL"
cat|GEONAMEID|NAME|ASCIINAME|ALTERNATEN|FEATURECLA|FEATURECOD|...
8|4498303|West Raleigh|West Raleigh||P|PPL|US||NC|338759|123|...
14|4459467|Cary|Cary||P|PPL|US||NC|103945|146|152|America/Iqaluit|...
31|4452808|Apex|Apex||P|PPL|US||NC|30873|167|134|America/Iqaluit|...
...

Select empty vector features (no data entries)
v.db.select geonames_wake where="ALTERNATEN IS NOT NULL"
cat|GEONAMEID|NAME|ASCIINAME|ALTERNATEN|FEATURECLA|FEATURECOD|...
9|4487042|Raleigh|Raleigh|Raleigh,...
31299|4487056|Raleigh-Durham Airport|Raleigh-Durham Airport|...
...

Use v.db.selectgrass online using onworks.net services