Geografic-Information-System/scripts/db.dropcolumn/db.dropcolumn.html

<h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>

<em>db.dropcolumn</em> drops a column from an attribute table.
If the <b>-f</b> force flag is not given then nothing is removed, instead
a preview of the action to be taken is printed.

<h2>NOTES</h2>

<em>db.dropcolumn</em> is a front-end to <em>db.execute</em> to allow easier
usage with a special workaround for the SQLite driver to support column
drop.

<h2>EXAMPLES</h2>

Dropping a column (Spearfish):
<p>
<div class="code"><pre>
# work on own copy
g.copy vect=roads,myroads
db.describe -c myroads

# only shows what would happen:
db.dropcolumn myroads column=label

# actually drops the column
db.dropcolumn -f myroads column=label

db.describe -c myroads
</pre></div>

<h2>SEE ALSO</h2>

<em><a HREF="db.droptable.html">db.droptable</a></em>,
<em><a HREF="db.execute.html">db.execute</a></em>,
<em><a HREF="v.db.dropcolumn.html">v.db.dropcolumn</a></em>


<h2>AUTHOR</h2>

Markus Neteler

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