[mapguide-users] Feature Join

gom gord.mckenzie at canam.com
Thu Oct 12 16:22:53 EDT 2006


Here is what I have been able to determine.

You cannot create functional joins using data sources created with the
original Studio Preview product.  The Sheboygan sample data is of this
vintage so it does not work.  I spent hours trying data sources created by
myself or from the sample set.  They were all authored before the new
shipping Studio product came out.


gom wrote:
> 
> I am trying to create a simple feature join.  I have an SDF file and an
> Access database.  The key column in the Access database is a long integer
> and I am trying to join on the SDF_ID also listed as int32.  Every time I
> create the join I get all the correct fields etc. in the Author.  I soon
> as
> I try to create a layer Iget a warning saying I am trying to connect to an
> incompatible feature source.  My SDF file is no longer usable for any
> layer
> definitions.  
> 
>  
> 
> The Feature Class seems to go missing.  I assume this is the case as I no
> longer get the full layer definition dialog box to show up in the Author. 
> I
> also tried to do this with a shp file and had the same problem.  Here the
> Author shows the full layer dialog but the Feature Source drop down is
> blank.
> 
>  
> 
> This is a simple join of 10 records in a db table to 10 polygons, designed
> to make as simple a test as possible.
> 
>  
> 
> I'm stuck!  Any ideas?
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 
> 

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