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I am working on an assignment which requires me to connect to a database, then import a dbf file into the database using the command db.in.ogr (as can be seen below). However, GRASS simply won't import the dbf file. Is there something wrong with the file perhaps? I know for a fact that the file is there, so the problem must be another.

(Sun May 27 09:40:58 2012)
db.in.ogr --verbose dsn=C:\datasource\clc2000\CLC2000LEGEND.DBF output=landcover_legend GRASS_INFO_ERROR(4804,1): Unable to open data source ERROR: Input table not found or not readable (Sun May 27 09:41:00 2012) Command finished (1 sec)

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can you open the dbf-file with another tool (libre-office..)? – Kurt May 27 '12 at 8:46
Further to what Kurt says, can you try importing a different file, to see if that works? If so, perhaps your .dbf is corrupt? – Darren Cope May 27 '12 at 13:20
Hi Kurt, yes I can. In fact I tried saving it also as xml and csv, but grass still wont import them. – Jeremy Azzopardi May 27 '12 at 16:34
Is the file online available for a test? – markusN Jun 16 '12 at 8:40
did you try it using Grass GUI? – vinayan Aug 27 '12 at 0:55

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Try reducing the file name to less than 10 characters and start with a letter, e.g. cl2000.dbf

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I guess that you are on a case sensitive system. Try importing as "clc2000legend.dbf" (not "CLC2000LEGEND.DBF").

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Hi, that didn't work either. Still the same error... – Jeremy Azzopardi Jun 7 '12 at 7:31

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