see comments below: > Andreas Neumann wrote: >> I am trying to use postgis datasets read-only using v.external. However, >> I >> am having problems. Here is my command: >> >> v.external dsn="PG:host=localhost dbname=uster user=an password=mypw" >> layer=natur.naturnahe_gaerten output=gaerten >> >> And here is my error message: >> >> Sorry, <dbname> is not a valid parameter >> Sorry, <user> is not a valid parameter >> Sorry, <password> is not a valid parameter >> >> I expected to run into problems with schemas, maybe, but not with the >> login. What am I doing wrong in the dsn parameters? > > > For some reason the "quotes" are being removed from your command and so > the PG: > settings are being treated as command line parameters to v.external. As > v.external doesn't have those options, you get the error message from the > GRASS > command line parser.
yes, this seems to be the case. Any ideas on why the quotes are removed? I compiled against a nightly version of gdal, somewhere between 1.4.3 and 1.5. I can try with 1.5 again. Andreas -- Andreas Neumann Böschacherstrasse 6, CH-8624 Grüt/Gossau, Switzerland Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Web: * http://www.carto.net/ (Carto and SVG resources) * http://www.carto.net/neumann/ (personal page) * http://www.svgopen.org/ (SVG Open Conference) * http://www.geofoto.ch/ (Georeferenced Photos of Switzerland) _______________________________________________ grass-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user
