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@@ -10,6 +10,17 @@ tied to a set of attribute layers stored in a database (road names,
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site ID, geologic type, etc.). As a general rule these can exist in 2D
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or 3D space and are independent of the GIS's computation region.
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+<h3>Attribute management</h3>
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+
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+The default database driver used by GRASS GIS 7 is SQLite. GRASS GIS
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+handles multiattribute vector data by default. The <em>db.*</em> set of
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+commands provides basic SQL support for attribute management, while the
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+<em>v.db.*</em> set of commands operates on vector maps.
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+
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+<p>
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+Note: The list of available database drivers can vary in various binary
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+distributions of GRASS GIS, for details see
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+<a href="sql.html">SQL support in GRASS GIS</a>.
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<h3>Vector data import and export</h3>
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@@ -199,10 +210,12 @@ default. Using <em>layer=-1</em> one can access all layers.
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</li>
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<li><b>SQL support</b><br>
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-The DBF driver provides only very limited SQL support (as DBF is not an
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-SQL DB) while the other DBMS backends (such as SQLite, PostgreSQL, MySQL
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-etc) provide full SQL support since the SQL commands are sent directly
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-to the DBMI. SQL commands can be directly executed with
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+By default, SQLite is used as the attribute database. Also other
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+supported DBMS backends (such as SQLite, PostgreSQL, MySQL etc.)
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+provide full SQL support as the SQL statements are sent directly
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+to GRASS' database management interface (DBMI). Only the DBF driver
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+provides just very limited SQL support (as DBF is not an SQL DB).
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+SQL commands can be directly executed with
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<a href="db.execute.html">db.execute</a>,
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<a href="db.select.html">db.select</a> and the other db.* modules.
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</li>
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