Remote databases
• Supported databases
• Data Source
• Connecting to database
• ODBC and OCI
• Creating a Data Source
• Configuring a Data Source
• Map Catalog
• Creating the Map Catalog
• Making a remote table mappable
• Working with the data
• Opening tables
• Refreshing
• Editing
• Saving
• Querying
• Questions and Answers
• Internet resources
Supported databases
• Spatial databases:
• Oracle 11g including Annotation Text (Spatial and Locator)
• Oracle 10g and 9iR2 (Spatial and Locator)
• SQL Server 2000 and 2005 with MapInfo SpatialWare
• MapInfo 9.5 can read SQL Server 2008 Spatial thru Open
Universal Data.
ODBC and OCI
• If you have installed support for Oracle and you have a Oracle
client on your computer, you will be prompted to choose
between ODBC and Oracle Spatial when clicking File > Open
DBMS connection.
• Otherwise you will be asked to Select a Data Source directly.
MS SQL Server
Map Catalog
• Linked:
• Data is copied to a MapInfo table
• Access to the database is only needed when saving or
refreshing -> working offline is possible
• Fast to work with when the data has been copied
• Duplicate data
• Reloading data from the database can be done with Table >
Maintenance > Refresh DBMS Table...
• You can edit the data with every tool available in MapInfo
Professional
• Click Save Table to save the pending edits to the DBMS table
• By geography
Selection only available when a selection is
active
Current_Mapper only available when a
map is active
Object is only available for mappable
tables
• Query is performed when the table is opened the first time and
when the table is refreshed. Value of Current_Mapper and
Selection are static and not updated when the table is refreshed.
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MapInfo Professional