## DESCRIPTION

db.select prints result of selection from database based on SQL statement read from input file or from standard input to standard output.

## 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. Output will be displayed to stdout or can be directed to a file.

## EXAMPLES

`echo "select * from roads" | db.select`
or
`cat file.sql | db.select`
or
`db.select sql=file.sql`

Example: Select all from table roads
db.select -c driver=odbc database=g51test table=roads sql=file.sql > result.csv

Example: Select some string attribute, exclude others:
`echo "SELECT * FROM archsites WHERE str1 <> 'No Name'" |` db.select

Example: Select some string attribute with ZERO length:
`echo "SELECT * FROM archsites WHERE str1 IS NULL" |` db.select

Example: Select coordinates from PostGIS table:
`echo "SELECT x(geo),y(geo) FROM localizzazione" |` db.select

## SEE ALSO

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

## AUTHOR

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Modifications: Radim Blazek, ITC-Irst, Trento, Italy

Last changed: $Date: 2005/05/10 08:34:23 $