NAME

       db.columns  - List all columns for a given table.

KEYWORDS

       database, attribute table

SYNOPSIS

       db.columns
       db.columns --help
       db.columns  table=name  [driver=name]   [database=name]   [--help]  [--verbose]  [--quiet]
       [--ui]

   Flags:
       --help
           Print usage summary

       --verbose
           Verbose module output

       --quiet
           Quiet module output

       --ui
           Force launching GUI dialog

   Parameters:
       table=name [required]
           Name of attribute table

       driver=name
           Name of database driver
           Options: mysql, odbc, sqlite, pg, ogr, dbf
           Default: sqlite

       database=name
           Name of database
           Default: $GISDBASE/$LOCATION_NAME/$MAPSET/sqlite/sqlite.db

DESCRIPTION

       db.columns lists all columns for a give  table.  Connection  to  databases  are  supported
       through dbf, shp, odbc and pg drivers.

NOTE

       If  parameters  for database connection are already set with db.connect, they are taken as
       default values and do not need to be spcified each time.

EXAMPLES

   List columns of a PostgreSQL attribute table
       db.columns table=zipcodes_wake driver=pg database=grassdb

       If the database parameters are already set, the columns can be listed directly
       db.columns table=zipcodes_wake

   List columns from Shape file with DBF attribute table
       db.columns table=zipcodes_wake driver=dbf database=/grassdata/nc_spm_08/PERMANENT/dbf/

   List columns of table in SQLite database
       Note that the SQLite backend is the default setting.
       db.columns driver=sqlite table=archsites database=’$GISDBASE/$LOCATION_NAME/$MAPSET/sqlite/sqlite.db’

SEE ALSO

        db.connect, db.describe, db.drivers, db.droptable, db.execute, db.login, db.tables, GRASS
       SQL interface

       GRASS SQL interface

AUTHOR

       Radim Blazek, ITC-Irst, Trento, Italy

       Last changed: $Date: 2014-11-28 10:58:18 +0100 (Fri, 28 Nov 2014) $

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