Hamish wrote: > Hamish wrote: >> You need to run db.connect to select a database backend to >> use first. (There is no VAR file in the mapset yet) > > hopefully fixed & ready for testing in 6.5svn r42988 (v.edit). > > > devs: > maybe do this for 'v.in.ascii -e' and 'v.digit -n' too? > or move this into Vect_open_new() ?
Not to Vect_open_new(), a GRASS vector does not need to have a DB connection, this is optional. Markus M ... but I'm not totally > convinced that's the right place for it either; the mapset may > come from an earlier version of GRASS. perhaps db.execute > instead of exiting with an error. > > > #include <grass/dbmi.h> > ... > if (! db_get_default_driver_name() ) { > G_message(_("Creating new DB connection based on default mapset > settings...")); > db_set_default_connection(); > } > > > see bug #7 http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/7 > > > Hamish > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > grass-user mailing list > grass-user@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user > _______________________________________________ grass-user mailing list grass-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user