db.databases(1)

NAME
db.databases - Lists all databases for a given driver and location.

KEYWORDS
database, attribute table, SQL

SYNOPSIS
db.databases
db.databases --help
db.databases [driver=name] [location=name] [--help] [--verbose] [--quiet] [--ui]

  Flags:

--help
    Print usage summary

--verbose
    Verbose module output

--quiet
    Quiet module output

--ui
    Force launching GUI dialog

  Parameters:

driver=name
    Name of database driver
    Options: dbf, ogr, pg, sqlite
    Default: sqlite

location=name
    Location
    Path for SQLite driver, or connection string for PostgreSQL driver

DESCRIPTION
db.databases lists all databases for a given driver and optionally location.

NOTES
Currently supported database drivers are SQLite, PostgreSQL, and ODBC.

Default location for SQLite driver is the full path for the current mapset. For PostgreSQL driver it’s empty connection string.

EXAMPLES
List SQLite databases in the current mapset:

db.databases driver=sqlite

List SQLite databases in a given directory:

db.databases driver=sqlite location=/opt/sqlite

List PostgreSQL databases from database server running on given port:

db.databases driver=pg location="host=server_name port=5333"

SEE ALSO
db.columns, db.describe, db.drivers, db.execute, db.login, db.tables

GRASS SQL interface

AUTHORS
Radim Blazek, ITC-Irst, Trento, Italy
Updated for GRASS 7 by Martin Landa, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic

SOURCE CODE

Available at: db.databases source code (history)

Accessed: Wednesday Jun 03 04:18:43 2026

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