Well, one of the tables could be a view or a query table that actually is opening one or several other tables and performing a query behind your back. Try to only open these tables in question, hit F2 and check whether there are other tables open than those you opened.
Peter Horsb�ll M�ller GIS Developer Geographical Information & IT COWI A/S Odensevej 95 DK-5260 Odense S Denmark Tel +45 6311 4900 Direct +45 6311 4908 Mob +45 5156 1045 Fax +45 6311 4949 E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cowi.dk *****CHANGE OF ADDRESS - COWI's offices in Odense are now under the same roof***** On December 8th. 2003, Geographical Information & IT moved from Rugaardsvej 55, 5000 Odense C to Odensevej 95, 5260 Odense S. Please note our new telephone, direct and telefax numbers. COWI wish you a merry Christmas and a happy New Year. > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Alexander [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 8:40 PM > To: 'Roberts, Michael'; 'mapinfo' > Subject: RE: MI-L How to identify base tables > > > As far as I know, I opened the tables in their original form. > I haven't done any querying prior to my join. Are there some > other clues I should look for? > > > Chris A. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Roberts, Michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 11:35 AM > To: Chris Alexander > Subject: RE: MI-L How to identify base tables > > Are you working with a sub set of the original data (i.e. a > query) that is not saved as a tab file? That will give you > an error sometimes. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Alexander [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 2:30 PM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: MI-L How to identify base tables > > > Hello, > > I'm trying to join CAXXXXZB (California Zip Boundaries) to > CASONOS (streets in Sonoma County), but I get the "You can > only perform dynamic joins on base tables" message. Both of > these tables came with MapInfo. How can they *not* be base > tables? Thanks! > > > Chris K Alexander > Marketing Data Analyst > > Advanced TelCom Group > 19 Old Courthouse Square, Santa Rosa, CA 95404 > Phone: 707-284-5395 > Fax: 707-284-4259 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.callatg.com <http://www.callatg.com/> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | > www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Message number: 9810 > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 9811
