Uffe,
That is the sort of sneaky solution that I would expect from you, and was more like what I was looking for - Thanks.
I am considering that I may create a unique column for this particular table anyway, in which case I could use the group by option. However, i will consider this as an option.
r
On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 23:28:53 +0100, Uffe Kousgaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi Robert,
One approach is to temporarily rename the .MAP and .ID files of the TAB file. I have used that in the past for a similar situation:
close table mytable rename file "mytable.map" as "mytable_x.map" rename file "mytable.id" as "mytable_x.id" open table "mytable"
do selections
close table mytable rename file "mytable_x.map" as "mytable.map" rename file "mytable_x.id" as "mytable.id" open table "mytable"
Probably it is enough to just rename the .MAP file.
Kind regards
Uffe Kousgaard www.routeware.dk
----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Crossley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "MapInfo List" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 6:22 AM Subject: MI-L selecting from a table without getting the mapping objects
Hi,
I am wanting to select just the tabular data from a table, viz. If I make a selection, and save it, I do not want the spatial data to come with it.
Saving the data and dropping the map is not an option, as the reason I want to do this is to reduce the time spent by the application saving the 60 or so MB of mapping data, and just get the 3 fields I want.
If I could get it to group by RowID, then perhaps I could trick it to not include the mapping objects as it is grouping, even though it is grouping on a unique index.
Am I having a mental block or is it as hard a I am thinking?
r
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