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The dataset contains about 70,000 point features. And I want to use spatial join tool in arctool box, to join a polygon feature.

But it went that the values in the joined column are all zero, values in the 'join_count' are also zero .

And the result was right when the point dataset is not that large(actually 40,000 is OK). What's the problem? Do I have any solutions?

p.s. I don't want to use the join function in the right-click join. Although it went right, but I want to do spatial join using Geoprocessing.

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Two first thing to check would be lack/erroneous projection of one of datasets. Or misspecified parameters of the spatial join. Which particular options have you chosen? – radek Mar 31 '12 at 16:30
The datasets are projected actually. And no parameters are missed. In ArcMap, spatial join can be done, and the message box showed that it was completed. But just when I checked the result, values were all 0. – Vivian Apr 2 '12 at 12:51
The problem is, when the dataset is smaller, it works good! – Vivian Apr 2 '12 at 12:52
I had the same problem as Vivian and the work around of slimming down the number of features does work. Is there a way to avoid this? Maybe download latest service pack? – dchaboya Aug 9 '12 at 3:07

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