v.db.droptable
Removes existing attribute table of a vector map.
v.db.droptable [-f] map=name [table=name] [layer=string] [--verbose] [--quiet] [--qq] [--ui]
Example:
v.db.droptable map=name
grass.script.run_command("v.db.droptable", map, table=None, layer="1", flags=None, verbose=False, quiet=False, superquiet=False)
Example:
gs.run_command("v.db.droptable", map="name")
Parameters
map=name [required]
Name of vector map
Or data source for direct OGR access
table=name
Table name (default: vector map name)
layer=string
Layer number or name
Vector features can have category values in different layers. This number determines which layer to use. When used with direct OGR access this is the layer name.
Default: 1
-f
Force removal (required for actual deletion of table)
--help
Print usage summary
--verbose
Verbose module output
--quiet
Quiet module output
--qq
Very quiet module output
--ui
Force launching GUI dialog
map : str, required
Name of vector map
Or data source for direct OGR access
Used as: input, vector, name
table : str, optional
Table name (default: vector map name)
Used as: input, dbtable, name
layer : str, optional
Layer number or name
Vector features can have category values in different layers. This number determines which layer to use. When used with direct OGR access this is the layer name.
Used as: input, layer
Default: 1
flags : str, optional
Allowed values: f
f
Force removal (required for actual deletion of table)
verbose: bool, optional
Verbose module output
Default: False
quiet: bool, optional
Quiet module output
Default: False
superquiet: bool, optional
Very quiet module output
Default: False
DESCRIPTION
v.db.droptable removes an existing attribute table from a given vector map linked at given layer. If the -f force flag is not given then nothing is removed.
NOTES
v.db.droptable is a front-end to db.execute to allow easier usage.
The existing database connection(s) can be verified with v.db.connect.
EXAMPLE
Removing attribute table connected to layer 1:
g.copy vect=roadsmajor,myroads
v.db.droptable myroads
v.db.droptable myroads -f
v.db.connect -p myroads
SEE ALSO
db.connect, db.execute, v.db.addtable, v.db.connect, v.db.dropcolumn, v.db.select, v.db.update
AUTHOR
Markus Neteler
SOURCE CODE
Available at: v.db.droptable source code
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Latest change: Friday Feb 07 19:16:09 2025 in commit a82a39f