I was wondering about re-compiling GRASS7. I don't know if it is possible to compile it with the dbf connection as default. I think that would solve my problem. What do you think? Does it make any sense? If so, can you point to a direction where I can start doing this?
Cheers, Levente 2013/7/4 Markus Metz <[email protected]> > On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 8:07 AM, Levente Juhász <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Thanks for the replies. > > db.connect would do what I want, but I think my issue is a bit more > tricky. > > Actually, I use GRASS7 as a backend for some WPS processes, and as it > seems > > to me: every WPS process creates a temporary workspace. I may be able to > run > > v.db.connect via WPS, but it would have effect on a vector map (which is > > also temporary), so it has nothing to do with the next process I want to > > execute. > > The reason I wish to use dbf driver instead of SQLite is the following: > > There's a package called Geo-MHYDAS, which had a module m.definput [1]. > This > > module gives the error message: ERROR: Sorry, but only dbf driver > accepted. > > So that is why I want to find an "universal" solution. > > Any thoughts? > > Yes: > > db.connect driver=dbf database='$GISDBASE/$LOCATION_NAME/$MAPSET/dbf/' > > which sets the default database connection to dbf. Note the difference > between db.connect and v.db.connect. In your case, you would need to > run db.connect immediately after the mapset is created, before any > vector data are imported in the temporary mapset. > > HTH, > > Markus M > > > > > Cheers, > > Levente > > > > [1]: > > > http://www.openfluid-project.org/resources/docs/mhydas/en/segmentation/html/m.definput.html > > > > > > 2013/7/3 Hamish <[email protected]> > >> > >> MarkusM: > >> > >> > Note that the dbf/ subdirectory in the mapset must exist or must be > >> > created by the user. > >> > >> I think that usually it gets created as needed automatically. There > >> may still be a few places it doesn't, if so file a ticket to fix.. > >> (did a long audit for that in grass6 some time ago, tested in grass7 > >> last week & it was automatically created as needed.) > >> > >> > >> Hamish > >> > > >
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