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✨ GRASS 8.5.0 Reference Manual ✨

okay bestie, welcome to database(1grass) — the group chat where all the GRASS database modules hang out 💅

Geographic Resources Analysis Support System, aka GRASS (yes we say it out loud, it's iconic), is a Geographic Information System (GIS) used for geospatial data management and analysis, image processing, graphics/maps production, spatial modeling, and visualization. GRASS is literally being used right now in academic and commercial settings all around the world 🌍, plus by sooo many governmental agencies and environmental consulting companies. main character energy fr fr 👑

This reference manual details the use of modules distributed with Geographic Resources Analysis Support System (GRASS), an open source (GNU GPLed), image processing and geographic information system (GIS). ✨

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🗄️ Database commands:

no cap, this is the whole squad — every single one of them 👇

  • db.columns — list ALL the columns for a given table. every last one. 🧐
  • db.connect — prints or sets the general DB connection for the current mapset. your connection's home base 🏠
  • db.copy — copy a table. that's it, that's the job 💫
  • db.createdb — makes you a brand new, empty database 🎀
  • db.databases — lists every database for a given driver and location 🔍
  • db.describe — describes a table in detail. tell me everything bestie 🫶
  • db.drivers — lists all the database drivers 🚗
  • db.dropcolumn — drops a column from the selected attribute table 🪂
  • db.dropdb — removes an existing database. bye babe 😭
  • db.droptable — drops an attribute table 🗑️
  • db.execute — executes ANY SQL statement. any. go off 💅
  • db.in.ogr — imports attribute tables in various formats 📥
  • db.login — sets the user/password for a DB driver/database 🔐
  • db.out.ogr — exports attribute tables into various formats 📤
  • db.select — selects data from an attribute table ✅
  • db.tables — lists all tables for a given database 📋
  • db.test — tests the database driver. heads up tho: the database must already exist and be set by db.connect ⚠️
  • db.univar — calculates univariate statistics on a selected table column 📊

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okay that's the whole vibe check, you're officially a database girlie now 🌈

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