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Field Names in the New Table
By default, the fields in the new database table have the same names as the
fields in the object data table. AutoCAD Map 3D resolves any conflicts in the
following ways:
■ Truncates fields that are too long and adds an incremental digit to the
resulting duplicate field names
■ Replaces unsupported characters in a field name with an underscore (_)
■ Converts unsupported field types to character
■ Converts point fields to a character string and separates coordinates with
commas
See also:
■
Creating an Object Data Table (page 200)
■ Entering and Editing Object Data (page 1061)
■ Overview of Attaching Data Sources to Drawings (page 205)
■ Overview of Linking Database Records to Objects (page 522)
NOTE You cannot attach data to geospatial features, but you can join external
data to geospatial features.
(page 507)
This procedure creates a new table in an existing data source. Make sure that
the appropriate data source is attached.
NOTE During the conversion, field names in the object data table become field
names in the database table. Make sure that the field names in your object data
table are not SQL reserved words such as DATE, SELECT, or CURRENT. If necessary,
rename the fields in your object data table before you convert it.
To convert object data to a linked database table
1 At the Command prompt, enter mapod2ase.
2 In the
Convert Object Data to Database Links dialog box (page 1680), under
Source Object Data Table, select an object data table.
3 Select Remove Data From Objects Processed to delete the object data after
creating the link.
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