GRASS GIS manual: v.db.update

NAME

v.db.update - Allows to update a column in the attribute table connected to a vector map.

KEYWORDS

vector, database, attribute table

SYNOPSIS

v.db.update
v.db.update help
v.db.update map=name layer=string column=name [value=string] [qcolumn=name] [where=sql_query] [--verbose] [--quiet]

Parameters:

map=name [required]: Name of vector map; Or data source for direct OGR access
layer=string [required]: Layer number or name; A single vector map can be connected to multiple database tables. This number determines which table to use. When used with direct OGR access this is the layer name.; Default: 1
column=name [required]: Name of attribute column to update
value=string: Value to update the column with, can be (combination of) other column(s)
qcolumn=name: Name of attribute column to query
where=sql_query: WHERE conditions of SQL statement without 'where' keyword; Example: income < 1000 and inhab >= 10000

DESCRIPTION

v.db.update allows to assign a new value to a column in the attribute table connected to a given map. Alternatively, values can be copied from another column in the table.

NOTES

v.db.update is just a front-end to db.execute to allow easier usage.

For complex SQL UPDATE statements, db.execute should be used.

EXAMPLES

In this example, selectively display lakes without (blue) and with NULL (red) are shown to find out which type is undefined. In the original map there are lakes missing FTYPE attribute which are wetlands along streams. These NULL attributes are replaced with the landuse type WETLAND:

g.copy vect=lakes,mylakes
v.db.select mylakes
v.db.select mylakes where="FTYPE IS NULL"

# display the lakes, show undefined FTYPE lakes in red
g.region vect=mylakes
d.mon wx0
d.vect mylakes where="FTYPE NOT NULL" type=area col=blue
d.vect mylakes where="FTYPE IS NULL" type=area col=red

# replace NULL with FTYPE WETLAND
v.db.update mylakes col=FTYPE value=WETLAND \
            where="FTYPE IS NULL"
v.db.select mylakes

Spearfish example: adding new column, copying values from other table column with on the fly calculation:

g.copy vect=fields,myfields
v.db.addcolumn myfields col="polynum integer"
v.db.update myfields col=polynum qcol="cat*2"
v.db.select myfields

Type cast (type conversion) of strings to double precision (unsupported by DBF driver):

g.copy vect=geodetic_pts,mygeodetic_pts
v.db.update mygeodetic_pts col=zval qcol="CAST(z_value AS double precision)" \
            where="z_value <> 'N/A'"

AUTHOR

Moritz Lennert (mlennert@club.worldonline.be)

Last changed: $Date: 2011-11-08 13:24:20 -0800 (Tue, 08 Nov 2011) $

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