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Available drivers are listed in <a href="sql.html">SQL support in GRASS GIS</a>.
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<p>
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<b>Notes</b>:<br>
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-The default DBF driver provides only very limited SQL
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+The DBF driver provides only very limited SQL
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support (as DBF is not an SQL DB) while the other DBMS backends (such
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-as PostgreSQL, MySQL etc) provide full SQL support since the SQL
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-commands are sent directly to the DBMS.
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+as SQLite, PostgreSQL, MySQL etc) provide full SQL support since the SQL
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+commands are sent directly to the DBMS. For this reason, the SQLite driver
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+is the default DBMI backend.
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<h3>DB connection management</h3>
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@@ -48,8 +49,8 @@ copy a a full table or selectively parts of it, use <a href="db.copy.html">db.co
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Further conversion tools:
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<ul>
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-<li><a href="http://mdbtools.sourceforge.net/">MDB Tools</a>: Convert MS-Access data to SQL, DBF, etc.</li>
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-<li><a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/Openoffice.org_with_SQL_Databases">Openoffice.org with SQL Databases</a>
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+<li><a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/mdbtools">MDB Tools</a>: Convert MS-Access data to SQL, DBF, etc.</li>
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+<li><a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/Openoffice.org_with_SQL_Databases">Using OpenOffice.org with SQL Databases</a>
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</ul>
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<h3>Managing the default DBMI settings</h3>
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-Per default vector map attributes are stored in DBF table files. This default
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+Per default vector map attributes are stored in SQLite tables. This default
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definition can be modified with <a href="db.connect.html">db.connect</a>. If an
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external DBMS is used, <a href="db.login.html">db.login</a> may be required.
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