NAME

       db.in.ogr  - Imports attribute tables in various formats.

KEYWORDS

       database, import, attribute table

SYNOPSIS

       db.in.ogr
       db.in.ogr --help
       db.in.ogr  input=name   [db_table=name]   [output=name]   [key=string]   [encoding=string]
       [--help]  [--verbose]  [--quiet]  [--ui]

   Flags:
       --help
           Print usage summary

       --verbose
           Verbose module output

       --quiet
           Quiet module output

       --ui
           Force launching GUI dialog

   Parameters:
       input=name [required]
           Table file to be imported or DB connection string

       db_table=name
           Name of table from given DB to be imported

       output=name
           Name for output table

       key=string
           Name for auto-generated unique key column

       encoding=string
           Encoding value for attribute data

DESCRIPTION

       db.in.ogr imports attribute tables in various formats as supported by the OGR  library  on
       the  local  system  (DBF, CSV, PostgreSQL, SQLite, MySQL, ODBC, etc.). Optionally a unique
       key (ID) column can be added to the table.

EXAMPLES

   Import CSV file
       Limited type recognition can be done for Integer, Real, String, Date,  Time  and  DateTime
       columns  through  a  descriptive  file with same name as the CSV file, but .csvt extension
       (see details here).
       # NOTE: create koeppen_gridcode.csvt first for automated type recognition
       db.in.ogr input=koeppen_gridcode.csv output=koeppen_gridcode
       db.select table=koeppen_gridcode

   Import DBF table
       Import of a DBF table with additional unique key column (e.g., needed for v.in.db).
       db.in.ogr input=/path/to/mydata.dbf output=census_raleigh key=myid
       db.describe -c census_raleigh

   Import of a SQLite table
       db.in.ogr input=/path/to/sqlite.db db_table=census_raleigh output=census_raleigh

   Import of a PostgreSQL table
       # HINT: if the database contains spatial tables, but you want to import a non-spatial
       table, set the environmental variable PG_LIST_ALL_TABLES to YES before importing
       db.in.ogr input="PG:host=localhost dbname=ecad user=neteler" \
                 db_table=ecad_verona_tmean output=ecad_verona_tmean
       db.select table=ecad_verona_tmean
       db.describe -c ecad_verona_tmean

   Import XLS file
       To force reading headers, define environmental variable OGR_XLS_HEADERS=’FORCE’. Parameter
       db_table refers to the list within XLS file.
       export OGR_XLS_HEADERS=’FORCE’
       db.in.ogr input=address.xls db_table=address_data

SEE ALSO

        db.select, v.in.ogr, v.in.db

       GRASS SQL interface

AUTHOR

       Markus Neteler

       Last changed: $Date: 2015-12-17 15:41:28 +0100 (Thu, 17 Dec 2015) $

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