Re: remote reference

[Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>]

On Jan 15, 2010, at 9:49 AM, Karl Eichwalder wrote:

> I do not understand how I can reference tables (only the first one?)
> in remote files.  The manual says:
>
> Remote references
> .................
>
> You may also reference constants, fields and ranges from a different
> table, either in the current file or even in a different file.  The
> syntax is
>
>     remote(NAME-OR-ID,REF)
>
> where NAME can be the name of a table in the current file as set by a
> `#+TBLNAME: NAME' line before the table.  It can also be the ID of an
> entry, even in a different file, and the reference then refers to the
> first table in that entry.  REF is an absolute field or range  
> reference
> as described above for example `@3$3' or `$somename', valid in the
> referenced table.
>
> = 
> = 
> ======================================================================
>
> remote(FILENAME,REF) does not seem to work.  All the tutorials I
> found are either too basic or too advanced or too general.


For tables in a different file, the remote table must be the first  
table in an outline node, and the outline node must have an ID property.

First configure org-modules and turn on the id module.
Then prepare your target file like this

* here is my table
   :PROPERTIES:
   :ID: DDE64190-0C3D-4088-A303-DA3B60ECEB48
   :END:

    and here we have the table.

    |...|...|...|


The ID can be an arbitrary string, but then you must
make sure yourself that it is globally unique.  Or you
can have Org-mode make the ID for you.

Hope this gets you on the way.

- Carsten


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- Carsten