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RE: Error message when trying to access Mapping (WMS) Server

Posted By Andrew Williams 05-08-2018 22:19
Found In Library: Mapinfo Pro

RE: Error message when trying to access Mapping (WMS) Server

Posted By Andrew Williams 05-08-2018 22:19
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Folks, I might have something to add after similar struggling. Im using a much older version of Mapinfo but i believe the issue may be the same. When you configure a connection in Mapinfo and access data a temporary table is created. Along with this is an XML file with the connection parameters. ...

Problem with SQL ODBC connection stability.

Posted By Andrew Williams 03-02-2018 01:35
Found In Library: MapInfo Pro Developers User Group

Problem with SQL ODBC connection stability.

Posted By Andrew Williams 03-02-2018 01:35
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I have a requirement to connect to a SQL 2008 R2 server. I generally have no trouble or rather if I do its pretty straight forward to fix. not so this case.   I ran through the normal process in V16 connecting an ODBC server and database. I used SQL credentials and TEST connection OK. I changed ...

RE: Problem with SQL ODBC connection stability.

Posted By Andrew Williams 03-01-2018 20:49
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Apologies. False alarm. I didnt realise this install wasnt patched. 16.0.3 patch addresses this issue.

Mapinfo ODBC connection to Excel XLS XLSX strange problem.

Posted By Andrew Williams 10-29-2017 23:36
Found In Library: Mapinfo Pro

Mapinfo ODBC connection to Excel XLS XLSX strange problem.

Posted By Andrew Williams 10-29-2017 23:36
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Folks, This is both odd and a little embarrassing but I feel Im going in circles. I had a PC that Id set up to access an XLSX Excel sheet as an ODBC data source. In fact I asked a question here on the forum about the details of the query and whether underscores could be used in the select statement. ...

RE: Problem with XLSX as linked table

Posted By Andrew Williams 10-04-2017 18:59
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Thanks Matt. Im super familiar with the limitations you describe. Ive been using Mapinfo for 25 years. I should probably have been a little more specific with my question. I was looking for a supported syntax that achieve what I was after. Im quite familiar with TSQL and Mapinfos subset but ...

Problem with XLSX as linked table

Posted By Andrew Williams 10-04-2017 05:12
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Folks Ive been successful in using V16 to connect to an XLSX as a linked data source. However I ran into a small issue where the data content width exceeded the standard 254 characters for a single column. This didnt stop the table from opening but it did corrupt the display of the data to underscores ...

Problem with XLSX as linked table

Posted By Andrew Williams 10-04-2017 05:12
Found In Library: Mapinfo Pro