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I realize this may be a novice question, but I cannot figure this out.

I create a very simple MI table.

 

Create Table Test (LineNum Integer) File "D:\temp\TestFile.tab"

 

Later, I do an Insert Into to update the line number. I also try to put an CreatePoint object in.

 

Insert Into Test (LineNum, Obj) Values (1, CreatePoint(122.04753, -47,23765))

 

But it does not work and gives me an error: "Field Obj does not exist in table Test. "

 

But how do I create a column/object in a file? There is no "object" type when you create a table. So how do I get this object of a Point into my table?

I was stupid and was forgetting to do Create Map for the table. My bad.

Bill Glad we had the Streaming session today. Good talking to you and glad we were able to figure it out the steps together.

Hi Bill, I made the following article on How to Create a New Table from scratch and create points using the MapBasic Window. Let me know if you can use this as a reference:

See this article: https://li360.pitneybowes.com/s/article/ka180000000DCgAAAW/How-to-create-a-New-Table-and-Create-Points-using-the-MapBasic-Window

Yeah, that works. It is just a recap of what we found in another article and what we did. Bill Lofgren Senior Software Engineer C Squared Systems