v.db.droptable - GRASS manual
Author: GRASS Development Team
Description: v.db.droptable: Removes existing attribute table of a vector map.
Keywords: vector, attribute table, database

## NAME

v.db.droptable - Removes existing attribute table of a vector map.

## KEYWORDS

vector, attribute table, database

## SYNOPSIS

v.db.droptable
v.db.droptable --help
v.db.droptable [-f] map=name [table=name] [layer=string] [--help] [--verbose] [--quiet] [--ui]

### Flags:

-f
  Force removal (required for actual deletion of table)
--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
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

## 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

GRASS SQL interface

## AUTHOR

Markus Neteler

## SOURCE CODE

Available at: v.db.droptable source code (history)

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