<!--Copyright (C) 1988-2005 by the Institute of Global Environment and Society (IGES). See file COPYRIGHT for more information.--> <html> <head> <title>GrADS command: query dbf</title> </head> <body bgcolor="e0f0ff" text="#000000"> <H2><B>q dbf</B></H2> <P> <code>q dbf <i>shapefile </i></code> <p> Lists the contents of a shapefile attribute database. <code><i>shapefile</i> </code>is the name of the shapefile. It is not necessary to include the file extension (.dbf) on the end of <code><i>shapefile</i></code>, just the filename root is adequate.<br> <codoe> <br> <h3>Usage Notes</h3> <p>This command is available with GrADS version 2.0.a8 or later.</p> <p>If you put the three shapefile components (*.shp, *.shx, and *.dbf) in the GrADS data directory (pointed to by the <a href="gradcomdgrads.html#env">GADDIR environment variable</a>), then it is not necessary to include the full path in <code><i>shapefile</i></code>. </p> <p>The first line of output contains a comma-delimited list of the names of all the attributes for each record in the database. Subsequent lines contain the comma-delimited list of all the attribute values for each record. </p> <p>A companion command, <code><a href="gradcomdqdbf.html">q shp</a></code>, lists the contents of the shapefile. There is a 1:1 correspondence between elements in the shapefile and records in the database. </p> <p>Please see the documentation page on <a href="shapefiles.html">shapefiles</a> for more details. </p> <h3>Examples </h3> <pre>ga-> q dbf /home/GIS/climatedivs/divisions <br> RECORD#,AREA,PERIMETER,CLIMDIVS_,ST,DIV,NAME,DIVISION_I<br> 0,4.463,11.489,2,MN,2,NORTH CENTRAL,2102<br> 1,0.988,9.344,3,WA,3,PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS,4503<br> 2,3.066,16.450,4,WA,4,E OLYMPIC CASCADE FOOTHILLS,4504<br> 3,3.099,12.733,5,WA,6,EAST SLOPE CASCADES,4506<br> 4,2.030,8.359,6,WA,7,OKANOGAN BIG BEND,4507<br> 5,1.347,5.964,7,ID,1,PANHANDLE,1001 .<br>.<br>.<br>385,0.958,5.437,59,OR,4,NORTHERN CASCADES,3504<br>386,2.712,9.973,49,OR,6,NORTH CENTRAL,3506</pre> </body> </html>
