There is no real support for this. Mapinfo does not support ESRI personal Geodatabase. I am afraid the only "official" method would be to generate shape files from the ESRI geodatabase that can then be read by MapInfo.
You might consider: If your data needs are simple, and don't require any data transformations (conversions) you might try doing the following: 1) Extract each of the individual tables from the ESRI geodatabase as an ascii or some other export that can be imported into your target database, such as SQL Server. 2) Extract only the geometry and unique ID from the ESRI geodatabase into shape files and convert to TAB. You should now be able to join the data tables using the stock MapInfo tools. ***** I have not used ESRI geodatabase enough to tell just how to extract the right component pieces you may want. I have only worked with the geodatabase a little bit at this point and have not had time to "get under the covers" of the data structures very far. From what I have seen they look a LOT like a predecessor version of SpatialWare called SYSTEM 9. There are a number of administration tables and triggers specific to the geodatabase functioning / management of the ESRI table relationships. Simply determining which tables you are looking for will require that you first query some of the geodatabase admin tables. When a table is created in the geodatabase all subsequent tables and indexes are assigned names by the system. You must go to the admin table and search on your table name there and find all the related attribute and geometry tables. It would be a bad idea to attempt to build your own set of procedures that attempt to write back to the geodatabase. You should only perform read operations to maintain the integrity of the geodatabase. In other words, don't expect to perform an update transaction where the update is performed in MapInfo. -----Original Message----- From: Gerasimtchouk, Renee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 05:50 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: MI-L MapInfo and ESRI's Personal Geodatabase Can anyone out there lead me in the right direction of how to view/use a personal geodatabase in MapInfo? I have a personal geodatabase with attribute tables and shapefiles that are related to one another through a relationship class and I would like to bring this data into MapInfo without actually joining the tables. I would like to keep these tables separate, but to preserve the relationship for viewing and querying purposes. Is this possible in MapInfo? I assume somehow by connected to the Access Personal Geodatabase through a DBMS Connection. Any help or advice is appreciated! _Renee Gerasimtchouk --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 8103 --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 8115
