SDE, Feature Class with Attachments, Spatial Join

[ChrisGoessl]

I am trying to Spatial Join information from one feature (polygon) with a Feature Class with Attachments.

I have done a spatial join but it exports it out as a new feature class. When I export the data from the new feature class out as XML, than try to import the data into the Feature Class with Attachments, I get an error message stating "Cannot load xml recordset to non simple featureclass or table in ArcCatalog."

Any suggestions?

[JakeSkinner]

Hi Chris,

Instead of loading the data from the XML table, try doing it from the feature class using the Load Objects tool.  This will allow you to load data into non simple feature classes.

[ChrisGoessl]

Let me try another idea.... Is there a way to use "Field Calculator" to update a field with information from another featureclass field?

[JakeSkinner]

If you perform a join, you can calculate the values from a joined field.