RE: MI-L Cannot perform this operation on field featID

2003-09-10 Thread Ian Tidy
Andrew, You cannot perform an update like this in MapInfo. Update tablename set column = expression [where RowID = idNum] is the syntax. Try *** Select elev_new.status from elev_new, elev_FEATURES_CURRENT where elev_new.featID = elev_FEATURES_CURRENT.featId into tmpUpdat

RE: MI-L Cannot perform this operation on field featID

2003-09-10 Thread Warren Vick, Europa Technologies Ltd.
Hello Andrew, The problem is that MapInfo's SQL implementation does not support a fully featured WHERE clause for an UPDATE statement. The only WHERE that is possible is using the internal "rowid" field. This problem was highlighted in a message posted to the list earlier today. You can get aroun