[GRASS-user] Vector dbf files + Spatial join

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Hi Markus,

I tried to upgrade using the links from the announcement. I added the respective repositories to my sources.list file and upgraded no problem. I now have 6.2.3, unfortunately this does not include the v.db.join. I am now downloading the 6.3 source and am going to compile using that. Do I need to uninstall 6.2.3 before I compile?

Also I found the v.db.join script at
http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/browser/grass/branches/develbranch_6/scripts
Can I use this script in 6.2.3? If so how do I go about compiling and using?

Many thanks,
Wesley

Wesley Roberts MSc.
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Forestry and Forest Products Research Centre
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"Markus Neteler" <neteler@osgeo.org> 06/24/08 12:26 PM >>>

On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 12:19 PM, Wesley Roberts <wroberts@csir.co.za> wrote:

Hi Markus,

Thanks for the help but unfortunately I don't seem to have the v.db.join application. When I execute v.db.join within grass I get an error
bash: v.db.join: command not found

I am using Grass version 6.2.2 do I need to upgrade to 6.3 or is the v.db.join a sqlite command?

Yes, it was introduced in 6.3.0:
http://grass.osgeo.org/announces/announce_grass630.html

You will like all the other improvements, too :slight_smile:

Best
Markus

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Hi Wesley,

On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 1:50 PM, Wesley Roberts <wroberts@csir.co.za> wrote:

Hi Markus,

I tried to upgrade using the links from the announcement. I added the respective repositories to my sources.list file and upgraded no problem. I now have 6.2.3, unfortunately this does not include the v.db.join.

As mentioned, we introduced it in 6.3.0.

I am now downloading the 6.3 source and am going to compile using that. Do I need to uninstall 6.2.3 before I compile?

No, you can keep both in parallel.

Also I found the v.db.join script at
http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/browser/grass/branches/develbranch_6/scripts
Can I use this script in 6.2.3? If so how do I go about compiling and using?

I am not sure of v.db.join makes use of 6.3.0 functionality. It's just a script
(so copying is enough in theory). Say, it's rather unlikely that it
works with 6.2.x.
You can try of course.

Markus