Joining tables

Question

I have an Excel Spreadsheet that is being updated daily and would like to map that spreadsheet to a feature class. The spreadsheet has an ID field in it (#09-09, etc.) . . . but can I create an ID field in the Feature Class table to Join with or will the data types prevent me from doing that?

DanPatterson_Retired · Answer

Joins work.  The excel table doesn't need coordinates, it only needs a field which matches (name doesn't need to be the same) the file which has the geometry

SLouq · Answer

I guess another way to ask the question I have is.

Is there a way to populate an attribute table with records from an Excel Spreadsheet which doesn't have a Lat and Long field through the Field Calculator

SLouq · Answer

Will this work in ArcMap 10.2