The simple (non-typing) way:

Create the buffer in the normal fashion. Use the fault as one boundary to
create  an object (manually draw it)to split the buffer in half, ie along
the fault. Then use the desired half of the buffer object for the selection
of the gold occurrences.

Regards

George M Smith

At 12:58 AM 3/5/99 +0000, you wrote:
>Hello again Claude,
>
>> Here are more informations for the problem: I have two tables one of
>> lines (faults) and a second of points (gold occurences). I need to
>> select all the gold occurences within a distance (x) of  a selected
>> fault with a sql statement. I know it works with the buffer and a select
>> select all gold occurrences within the buffer. But the buffer select all
>> the occurences on either side of the fault. I want all occurences just
>> on one side of the fault.
>
>This would need to be done in (typically MapBasic) code with an enhanced
version of the buffer() 
>function. Does you fault line data have a "side indicator" or is it
consistent (ie. always on left or 
>right)?
>
>Regards,
>Warren Vick
>Europa Technologies Ltd, U.K.
>http://www.europa-tech.com
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