Patch downloaded. Workspace now opens fine. I'm going to have to do some
work now!
Many thanks to Andrew and the MapInfo Tech Support people.
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David Booth
Senior GIS Officer
Merseyside Information Service
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: 18 July 2001 14:14
> To: David Booth; Bill and Lorraine Donaldson
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED];
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: MI-L Joining three tables in MI 6.5
>
> >I have a workspace which works fine in MI 4.0, 5.5 and 6.0 (haven't been
> >able to check it in other versions), but if I try opening it in MI 6.5
> >(running under NT), get an application error and MapInfo bombs (Hello
> Dr.
> >Watson).
> >
> >I've traced the problem to the line
> >
> >Select * from structur,bridge,spans where
> structur.stru_num=bridge.Stru_num
> >and bridge.stru_num=spans.stru_num into lbridges
> >
> >Which should join three tables using a common ID.
> >
> >As I say, it works fine in versions up to, and including 6.0, so is this
> a
> >bug, a new feature (or step backwards, if you prefer) or something to do
> >with my PC's setup? (I even re-installed MI 6.5 at one point, just in
> case,
> >but no luck).
>
> and
>
> >I had a similar problem with MapInfo 6.5 joining three tables and
> forwarded
> >it to MapInfo tech support. Their response:
> >
> >"In response to your question regarding MapInfo Pro, this issue has been
> >logged as a bug and will be resolved in the first maintenance release of
> the
> >product."
>
>
> Yes, we have just recently discovered the same problem. We have prepared
> a patch to address it, named 6.5.0.1908, which you can download from
> http://testdrive.mapinfo.com/mipro
>
> This patch also contains a fix for a problem in which MI Pro 6.5 opens
> workspaces that create map window with many layers much more slowly than
> previous versions.
>
> Thank you to David and Bill for tracking this down and pointing it out.
> I apologize for the inconvenience.
>
>
>
>
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