NAME

g.gui.dbmgr - Launches graphical attribute table manager.

KEYWORDS

general, GUI, attribute table, database

SYNOPSIS

g.gui.dbmgr
g.gui.dbmgr --help
g.gui.dbmgr map=name [--help] [--verbose] [--quiet] [--ui]

Flags:

--help: Print usage summary
--verbose: Verbose module output
--quiet: Quiet module output
--ui: Force launching GUI dialog

Parameters:

map=name [required]: Name of vector map
Or data source for direct OGR access

DESCRIPTION

The Attribute Table Manager is a wxGUI component to query, edit, and manage attribute data for vector maps. The attribute table manager can be launched by clicking on icon in the toolbar. It’s also available as a stand-alone module g.gui.dbmgr.

Attribute table manager allows you to:

browse attribute data of vector map, perform SQL select statements;
modify attribute data, insert new records to attribute table, delete existing records;
highlight selected items in the Map Display Window;
extract selected items into a new vector map;
modify attribute table - add, drop, rename columns;
modify vector map DB connection settings - add, remove or modify layers.

Figure: Simple attribute filtering using Attribute Table Manager.

SQL Builder

Figure: Attribute filtering using Attribute Table Manager and SQL Builder.

AUTHORS

Martin Landa, FBK-irst (2007-2008), Trento, Italy, and OSGeoREL at the Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic
Michael Barton, Arizona State University, USA
Jachym Cepicky

SOURCE CODE

Available at: wxGUI Attribute Table Manager source code (history)

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