MI-L Database functionality of Mapinfo

Hello I have to write a college assignment on the database capabilities of Mapinfo. I need to include information regarding current database features and evaluate improvements which could be made to future versions of the software. If anybody could give me their opinions on any of the following

MI-L MI Creating Metadata

Hello What's the best way of creating metadata for Mapinfo tables. I want to be able to view the metadata from a workspace, so whilst viewing spatial and attribute data I would like the user to be able to access the metadata to help assess the reliability of the data they can see. If anyone

MI-L MI - adding a count to a column

Dear all I have a mapinfo table that I've created and I want to automatically reference a column called ref with a unique number, starting at 1 and finishing on the total of records within the table. I've tried writing a mapbasic script, I've no problem with generating the count using mapbasic

RE: MI-L Converting layouts to CAD

Steve Ive exported layouts from Mapinfo to AutoCad before without too much loss of quality. I didn't take the actual map window data, just the frame. To do this I simply selected all from the layout, created a new table, and pasted the frame into the new table. Save this table and then export

MI-L MI Find nearest point from one table to another

Hello I know this has been covered several times before but I can't find what I'm after on the archive list. I have two seperate point tables, raingauges and bathing water sites. I want to know the nearest raingauge site to each of my bathing water sites, once found I would like the name and

MI-L MI SQL Question

Happy new year everybody I have a SQL question. I have two point tables in Mapinfo, Table A and Table B. I want to be able to count the number of objects from table B that are within 3km of each object in table A, having counted the number I would like this recorded in a new field in Table A. I