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<p>Hi Stewart:</p>
<p>This is a relatively simple process and what you need is an
attribute that is unique to the polygon and a similar attribute in
your non spatial data file. The two join items do not have to
have the same name. The instructions can be found at:</p>
<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://docs.qgis.org/3.44/en/docs/user_manual/working_with_vector/joins_relations.html">https://docs.qgis.org/3.44/en/docs/user_manual/working_with_vector/joins_relations.html</a></p>
<p>Have fun.</p>
<p>Kirk Schmidt<br>
</p>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/12/2026 12:26 PM, Stewart Galloway
via QGIS-User wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:768603163.710440.1778599560812@mail.yahoo.com">
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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I have files from a county
real property tax a<span>gency but I need help to join the
data to the polygons. I'm familiar with GDBs (polygons) and
MDBs (attributes) but not how to join one to the other.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span>I'm running ver 3.2
(see below for details).</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span>The following is a list
of files and extensions:</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span>Thank you.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span>Stewart</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><br>
</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span>.ODC</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br>
</div>
<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span>Malta.gdb (folder):
parcel polygons</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><br>
</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> <span>4140_25-Jun-25.mdb</span><br>
</div>
<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br>
</div>
<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">CreateGridForSheetIndex
(folder)</div>
<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Default.atbx</div>
<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">
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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.32px;">Default.gdb</div>
<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.32px;">scratch.gdb</div>
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FMV_Data</div>
<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Index</div>
<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">scratch.gdb</div>
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style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 14.0px"><font
style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"
size="3" face="Times" color="#000000">QGIS
version</font></p>
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size="3" face="Times" color="#000000">3.20.0-Odense</font></p>
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style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"
size="3" face="Times" color="#000000">QGIS code
revision</font></p>
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style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; color: rgb(0, 105, 217);"
size="3" face="Times" color="#0069d9"><a
href="https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/commit/decaadbb31" rel="nofollow"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"><u>decaadbb31</u></a></font></p>
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style="width: 97px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 14px;"
valign="middle">
<p
style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 14.0px"><font
style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"
size="3" face="Times" color="#000000">Qt version</font></p>
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style="width: 325px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 14px;"
valign="middle">
<p
style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 14.0px"><font
style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"
size="3" face="Times" color="#000000">5.15.2</font></p>
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style="width: 97px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 13px;"
valign="middle">
<p
style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 14.0px"><font
style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"
size="3" face="Times" color="#000000">Python
version</font></p>
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<td colspan="3"
style="width: 325px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 13px;"
valign="middle">
<p
style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 14.0px"><font
style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"
size="3" face="Times" color="#000000">3.8.7</font></p>
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</tr>
<tr>
<td
style="width: 97px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 27px;"
valign="middle">
<p
style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 14.0px"><font
style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"
size="3" face="Times" color="#000000">GDAL/OGR
version</font></p>
</td>
<td colspan="3"
style="width: 325px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 27px;"
valign="middle">
<p
style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 14.0px"><font
style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"
size="3" face="Times" color="#000000">3.2.3</font></p>
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style="width: 97px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 14px;"
valign="middle">
<p
style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 14.0px"><font
style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"
size="3" face="Times" color="#000000">PROJ
version</font></p>
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<td colspan="3"
style="width: 325px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 14px;"
valign="middle">
<p
style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 14.0px"><font
style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"
size="3" face="Times" color="#000000">6.3.2</font></p>
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style="width: 97px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 27px;"
valign="middle">
<p
style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 14.0px"><font
style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"
size="3" face="Times" color="#000000">EPSG
Registry database version</font></p>
</td>
<td colspan="3"
style="width: 325px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 27px;"
valign="middle">
<p
style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 14.0px"><font
style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"
size="3" face="Times" color="#000000">v9.8.6
(2020-01-22)</font></p>
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</tr>
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<td
style="width: 97px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 13px;"
valign="middle">
<p
style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 14.0px"><font
style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"
size="3" face="Times" color="#000000">GEOS
version</font></p>
</td>
<td colspan="3"
style="width: 325px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 13px;"
valign="middle">
<p
style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 14.0px"><font
style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"
size="3" face="Times" color="#000000">3.9.1-CAPI-1.14.2</font></p>
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</tr>
<tr>
<td
style="width: 97px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 14px;"
valign="middle">
<p
style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 14.0px"><font
style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"
size="3" face="Times" color="#000000">SQLite
version</font></p>
</td>
<td colspan="3"
style="width: 325px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 14px;"
valign="middle">
<p
style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 14.0px"><font
style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"
size="3" face="Times" color="#000000">3.31.1</font></p>
</td>
</tr>
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<td
style="width: 97px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 13px;"
valign="middle">
<p
style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 14.0px"><font
style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"
size="3" face="Times" color="#000000">PDAL
version</font></p>
</td>
<td colspan="3"
style="width: 325px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 13px;"
valign="middle">
<p
style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 14.0px"><font
style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"
size="3" face="Times" color="#000000">2.2.0</font></p>
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</tr>
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<td
style="width: 97px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 28px;"
valign="middle">
<p
style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 14.0px"><font
style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"
size="3" face="Times" color="#000000">PostgreSQL
client version</font></p>
</td>
<td colspan="3"
style="width: 325px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 28px;"
valign="middle">
<p
style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 14.0px"><font
style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"
size="3" face="Times" color="#000000">12.3</font></p>
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</tr>
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<td
style="width: 97px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 13px;"
valign="middle">
<p
style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 14.0px"><font
style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"
size="3" face="Times" color="#000000">SpatiaLite
version</font></p>
</td>
<td colspan="3"
style="width: 325px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 13px;"
valign="middle">
<p
style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 14.0px"><font
style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"
size="3" face="Times" color="#000000">4.3.0a</font></p>
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<td
style="width: 97px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 13px;"
valign="middle">
<p
style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 14.0px"><font
style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"
size="3" face="Times" color="#000000">QWT
version</font></p>
</td>
<td colspan="3"
style="width: 325px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 13px;"
valign="middle">
<p
style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 14.0px"><font
style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"
size="3" face="Times" color="#000000">6.1.4</font></p>
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</tr>
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<td
style="width: 97px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 14px;"
valign="middle">
<p
style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 14.0px"><font
style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"
size="3" face="Times" color="#000000">QScintilla2
version</font></p>
</td>
<td colspan="3"
style="width: 325px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 14px;"
valign="middle">
<p
style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 14.0px"><font
style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"
size="3" face="Times" color="#000000">2.11.4</font></p>
</td>
</tr>
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<td
style="width: 97px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 13px;"
valign="middle">
<p
style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 14.0px"><font
style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"
size="3" face="Times" color="#000000">OS version</font></p>
</td>
<td colspan="3"
style="width: 325px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 13px;"
valign="middle">
<p
style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 14.0px"><font
style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"
size="3" face="Times" color="#000000">macOS High
Sierra (10.13)</font></p>
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style="width: 97px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 11px;"
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<p
style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;"><br>
</p>
</td>
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style="width: 97px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 11px;"
valign="middle">
<p
style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;"><br>
</p>
</td>
<td
style="width: 97px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 11px;"
valign="middle">
<p
style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;"><br>
</p>
</td>
<td
style="width: 129px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 11px;"
valign="middle">
<p
style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;"><br>
</p>
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</tr>
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<td
style="width: 97px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 111px;"
valign="middle">
<p
style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 14.0px"><font
style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"
size="3" face="Times" color="#000000">Active
Python plugins</font></p>
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<td colspan="3"
style="width: 325px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 111px;"
valign="middle">
<p
style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 14.0px"><font
style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"
size="3" face="Times" color="#000000">localcoordinates<br>
qgis2web<br>
qad<br>
parcel_plugin<br>
qgis-maptiler-plugin<br>
db_manager<br>
MetaSearch<br>
processing</font></p>
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