g.select.pg
NAME
g.select.pg - Select a Postgres database to be used in subsequent GRASS-RDBMS applications. (GRASS-RDBMS General Interface Program)
SYNOPSIS
g.select.pg
g.select.pg help
g.select.pg database=name
DESCRIPTION
g.select.pg is used to identify a Postgres database for subsequent GRASS-RDBMS applications. The program checks the directories identified in the envionment variable $DBPATH for a database directory named [name.pgs]. If the database specified on the command line can be found g.select.pg sets the GRASS environment variable PGDBASE to this name. If the database is not found a list of the database directories is provided to the user. This program and all other dbSQL tools assume that database queries have been granted to the user.
COMMAND LINE OPTIONS
Parameter:
- database=databasename
- Name of existing Postgres database
BUGS
None known.
NOTE
This program requires the Postgres database software.
SEE ALSO
g.column.pg, g.stats.pg, g.table.pg, d.rast.pg, d.site.pg, d.vect.pg, d.what.r.pg, d.what.s.pg, d.what.v.pg, r.reclass.pg, r.rescale.pg, v.reclass.pg
AUTHOR
Original Informix SQL-tools: James A. Farley, Wang Song, and W. Fredrick Limp University of Arkansas, CAST
Postgres modifications: Janne Soimasuo, Faculty of Forestry, University of Joensuu, Finland.
Updated to GRASS 5 by Alex Shevlakov (sixote@yahoo.com)