That was my first guess, too. However, v.db.join does not support the DBF backend, according to the manual page.
Is there an alternative way? Thanks, Benjamin Tomas Lanczos wrote: > Benjamin Ducke wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> is there a simple way to join some attribute data >> in a comma separated text file to an existing GRASS >> vector map? >> >> The data in the CSV file does not have any coordinates >> but a primary key field that also exists in the polygon >> map it needs to be joined to. >> >> ArcGIS 9.2 seems to be able to do this easily, so surely >> there must be a way to do it in GRASS, as well? >> >> If I were to write a little GRASS module for this >> purpose, what would be the smartest way to go about >> it? > > Try to convert the CSV file to DBF table somehow (e.g. in OOo Calc) and > then connect the table to the vector. > > regards > > Tomas > >> Thanks, >> >> Benjamin >> > > > -- Benjamin Ducke, M.A. Archäoinformatik (Archaeoinformation Science) Institut für Ur- und Frühgeschichte (Inst. of Prehistoric and Historic Archaeology) Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel Johanna-Mestorf-Straße 2-6 D 24098 Kiel Germany Tel.: ++49 (0)431 880-3378 / -3379 Fax : ++49 (0)431 880-7300 www.uni-kiel.de/ufg _______________________________________________ grass-user mailing list grass-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user
