I don't think this can be done with labels/names out of the box. You can do
it with radio targets, e.g. <<tbl:luaerrors>> in the external file, and
your link where you want it.

John

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On Fri, Aug 3, 2018 at 6:49 PM, Robert Love <rblove_lists@comcast.net>
wrote:

> All my attempts to create an org mode link to a table in another org file
> fails to find the table.   Instead I’m offered to create a new heading,
> which is not what I want.
>
> In Section 4.3 External Links I see this format:
>
> file:projects.org::some words                text search in Org file(31)
>
> so my link looks like
>
> This is how to find error codes [[file:rst.org::tbl:luaerrors][Errors]]
>
> And I have this entry in the org file with the table
>
> #+LABEL: tbl:luaerrors
>
> I’ve also tried the absolute path.   All advice appreciated.
>