If you don't have access to MapBasic or some other code writing tools you
are pretty much stuck with doing it the way you are. Unfortunately the
column update tool does not extend to the .obj field. However when you do
the join you don't need to include all the fields from both tables. In your
steps you said that you were deleting the fields from Table 3 you didn't
want, just exclude these from the join and you will just have to save &
rename the resulting table.
Stephanie
>Message: 5
>Subject: [MI-L] Copying objects to tables
>To: [email protected]
>
> Hi,
>
> I am using Mapinfo Pro 7.8 and I can't find an easy way to copy objects
from one table to another. I have a table_1 that has (non point) objects
>attached to its records, and a table_2 that is unmapped. They have a
common primary key. I want to copy objects from table_1 to table_2 in a
simple >manner. Right now, the easiest way I found is to join both tables,
save a copy as table_3, remove table_1 specific fields in table_3, then
delete >table_2 and rename table_3 as table_2. If there are fields in
table_2 that are not found in table_1, there are a couple of extra steps
necessary to >retrieve unmappable records in table_2, append them to
table_3, and re-sort table_3 prior to renaming it table_2. I believe there
has to be an easier >way to update objects in tables, but I have not found
one so far. Thanks for your help,
>
>
>Francois Blanc.
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