 
NAME
db.copy  - Copy a table.
Either 'from_table' (optionally with 'where') can be used or 'select' option, but not 'from_table' and 'select' at the same time.
KEYWORDS
database, 
attribute table, 
SQL
SYNOPSIS
db.copy
db.copy --help
db.copy  [from_driver=name]   [from_database=name]   [from_table=name]   [to_driver=name]   [to_database=name]  to_table=name  [where=sql_query]   [select=string]   [--overwrite]  [--help]  [--verbose]  [--quiet]  [--ui] 
Flags:
- --overwrite
- Allow output files to overwrite existing files
- --help
- Print usage summary
- --verbose
- Verbose module output
- --quiet
- Quiet module output
- --ui
- Force launching GUI dialog
 
Parameters:
- from_driver=name
- Input driver name
- Options: dbf, ogr
- Default: sqlite
- from_database=name
- Input database name
- Default: $GISDBASE/$LOCATION_NAME/$MAPSET/sqlite/sqlite.db
- from_table=name
- Input table name (only, if 'select' is not used)
- to_driver=name
- Output driver name
- Options: dbf, ogr
- Default: sqlite
- to_database=name
- Output database name
- Default: $GISDBASE/$LOCATION_NAME/$MAPSET/sqlite/sqlite.db
- to_table=name [required]
- Output table name
- where=sql_query
- WHERE conditions of SQL statement without 'where' keyword
- Example: income < 1000 and population >= 10000
- select=string
- Full select statement (only, if 'from_table' and 'where' is not used)
- E.g.: SELECT dedek FROM starobince WHERE obec = 'Frimburg'
 
db.copy allows the user to copy a table between two databases.
Databases can be connected through different drivers (see examples below).
Attribute tables can be copied using 
db.copy and, when to be
associated to a vector map, assigned to the map with
v.db.connect. Current connection
settings are saved in the file 
$LOCATION/vector_map/dbln.
Storing table 'geonames.dbf' (in current directory) into PostgreSQL
through ODBC:
db.copy from_driver=dbf from_database='$GISDBASE/$LOCATION_NAME/PERMANENT/dbf' \
  from_table=geonames to_driver=pg to_database="host=pgserver,dbname=testdb" \
  to_table=geonames
db.copy from_driver=pg  from_database="host=pgserver.example.org,dbname=testdb" \
  from_table=origtable to_driver=dbf \
  to_database='$GISDBASE/$LOCATION_NAME/$MAPSET/dbf' to_table=origtable
db.copy from_driver=pg  from_database="host=localhost,dbname=testdb" \
  from_table=geonames to_driver=pg to_database="host=localhost,dbname=testdb" \
  to_table=selection where="cat < 500"
db.copy from_driver=dbf from_database='$GISDBASE/$LOCATION_NAME/PERMANENT/dbf' \
   from_table=geonames_features to_driver=sqlite \
   to_database='$GISDBASE/$LOCATION_NAME/$MAPSET/sqlite/sqlite.db' to_table=geonames_features
# convenient viewer:
sqlitebrowser $HOME/grassdata/nc_spm_08/user1/sqlite/sqlite.db
db.copy from_driver=sqlite from_database='$GISDBASE/$LOCATION_NAME/$MAPSET/sqlite/sqlite.db' \
   from_table=ammprv to_driver=dbf to_database='$GISDBASE/$LOCATION_NAME/$MAPSET/dbf/' \
   to_table=ammprv
GRASS SQL interface
Radim Blazek, ITC-irst, Trento, Italy
SOURCE CODE
  Available at:
  db.copy source code
  (history)
  Latest change: Thursday Jan 26 14:10:26 2023 in commit: cdd84c130cea04b204479e2efdc75c742efc4843
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