Hello all,
 
I'm having a little problem with DBMS. I want to link an entire mappable table from a remote database by selecting all fields in the table, and then save in MapInfo format.
 
However, I can't seem to get the server to recognise the * symbol (all fields). I have tried using both SQL Server and Access, but end up having to list all columns explicitly in both cases (e.g. "Select IDNum, Col2, Col3, Col4...., OBJ"). This is a real pain if you have lots of fields in the table.
 
The code I'm trying to use is shown below. Can anyone tell me if this is a recognised problem with DMBS, or if I'm doing something wrong?  Will summarise.
 
Cheers,
Graham Smith
 

'*** execute the sqlstatement ***

Server connection_number Link Table "Select * From ODBCTablename where (ColumnValue = 'VALID')" Into LinkTable File (dir_temp + "LinkTable")

'*** save the linked table as MI table ***

Commit table LinkTable as (dir_temp + "MITable.TAB")

 

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