Join Tool Question

I just tried the Join tool on a path I created with the Pencil tool and to my surprise, it would not join the path. Shouldn't it have been able to close the path?
Have used the Join tool on paths which I created with the Pen tool and never had a problem.

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Paths will not join with join tool

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Question 1...
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The Pen Tool is my favorite / go to selection tool. But can it do the following...
I've made a path and converted it to a selection, then filled the area with a color or texture (on it's own layer).
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Possible??
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c.pfaffenbichler
Just to follow up on your answer....
Yes this works very well for what I'm trying to accomplish.
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Just an fyi, I'm also a NAPP (National Association of Photoshop Professionals) member.
I posted my same question on the NAPP forum. I still haven't gotten a response for anyone over there.
I'm not knocking NAPP, it's a great organization and I've been a member since 2006.
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Left Join Query Question

Version 10.2.0.4.0
I have a question on the expected behavior of the query below.
When I run the query below with the constraint on t1.partid = 789, I get the query result t2.Indicator showing "SPECIAL" as expected.
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select partid, 'SPECIAL' as Indicator
from vendors
where vendorname like '%ABC%'
) t2
on t1.partid = t2.partid
where t1.partid = '789'
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But I'm just curious if this is expected or if there is some SQL rule being violated in the first example.
I tried to search for this to see if it was already addressed but didn't have much luck.
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from Orders a left outer join
select partid, 'SPECIAL' as Indicator
from vendors
where vendorname like '%ABC%'
) t2
on t1.partid = t2.partid

Sorry, it's been a while since I posted and should have read the rules. And I didn't properly reference the alias. So Post #1 was bad.
When I mockup a small set of data (shown below), I don't get the error. The original query actually joins to a few other (seemingly) irrelevant tables and I tried to simplify it here So I guess if I can't replicate it, then there might not be much assistance that can be provided.
This was more of a curiousity than anything else to see if perhaps someone came across this before.
For what it's worth:
create table t1 (orderid number,
             partid varchar2(20)
create table t2
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insert into t1 values(2, '456');
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insert into t2 values ('ABC','789');
insert into t2 values ('DEF','123');
insert into t2 values ('EFG','456');
insert into t2 values ('ABC','7891');
insert into t2 values ('DEF','1231');
insert into t2 values ('EFG','4561');
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from t1 left outer join
select partid, 'SPECIAL' as Indicator
from t2
where vendorid like '%ABC%'
) t2
on t1.partid = t2.partid
the query that gives unexpected behavior is (although I can't replicate on this simplified version):
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from t1 left outer join
select partid, 'SPECIAL' as Indicator
from t2
where vendorid like '%ABC%'
) t2
on t1.partid = t2.partid

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I am using SQL Developer tool. I have a procedure with compilation errors so i can see that procedure with red X mark in SQL Developer tool.
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I trying to migrate a FIM configuration from one server to another.
While following the steps described in "Introduction to the Configuration Migration Tool" document I get an error in step 8.
Join-FIMConfig : Two objects with the same AnchorAttributeValue were detected. A requirement for using this migration
tool is that AnchorAttributeValue is unique within an Object Type.
AnchorAttributeNames = AppliesToCreate AppliesToEdit AppliesToView DisplayName
AnchorAttributeValues = AppliesToCreate AppliesToEdit AppliesToView DisplayName
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At line:1 char:26
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AnchorAttributeValues = DisplayName
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ObjectID 2 = urn:uuid:9f35c912-18bb-4b73-b128-281be0cae32f
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<ExportObject>
<Source>http://fimsvc.corp.contoso.com:5725/resourcemanagementservice</Source>
<ResourceManagementObject>
<ObjectIdentifier>urn:uuid:9f35c912-18bb-4b73-b128-281be0cae32f</ObjectIdentifier>
<ObjectType>AttributeTypeDescription</ObjectType>
<IsPlaceholder>false</IsPlaceholder>
<ResourceManagementAttributes>
<ResourceManagementAttribute>
<AttributeName>ObjectID</AttributeName>
<HasReference>false</HasReference>
<IsMultiValue>false</IsMultiValue>
<Value>urn:uuid:9f35c912-18bb-4b73-b128-281be0cae32f</Value>
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<AttributeName>CreatedTime</AttributeName>
<HasReference>false</HasReference>
<IsMultiValue>false</IsMultiValue>
<Value>14/06/2010 17:48:45</Value>
</ResourceManagementAttribute>
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<AttributeName>DataType</AttributeName>
<HasReference>false</HasReference>
<IsMultiValue>false</IsMultiValue>
<Value>Reference</Value>
</ResourceManagementAttribute>
<ResourceManagementAttribute>
<AttributeName>Description</AttributeName>
<HasReference>false</HasReference>
<IsMultiValue>false</IsMultiValue>
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</ResourceManagementAttribute>
<ResourceManagementAttribute>
<AttributeName>DisplayName</AttributeName>
<HasReference>false</HasReference>
<IsMultiValue>false</IsMultiValue>
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<AttributeName>Multivalued</AttributeName>
<HasReference>false</HasReference>
<IsMultiValue>false</IsMultiValue>
<Value>False</Value>
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<IsMultiValue>false</IsMultiValue>
<Value>BoundObjectType</Value>
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<ResourceManagementAttribute>
<AttributeName>ObjectType</AttributeName>
<HasReference>false</HasReference>
<IsMultiValue>false</IsMultiValue>
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<AttributeName>DataType</AttributeName>
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<IsMultiValue>false</IsMultiValue>
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<IsMultiValue>false</IsMultiValue>
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<ResourceManagementAttribute>
<AttributeName>Name</AttributeName>
<HasReference>false</HasReference>
<IsMultiValue>false</IsMultiValue>
<Value>ObjectType</Value>
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<ResourceManagementAttribute>
<AttributeName>ObjectType</AttributeName>
<HasReference>false</HasReference>
<IsMultiValue>false</IsMultiValue>
<Value>AttributeTypeDescription</Value>
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<AttributeName>UsageKeyword</AttributeName>
<HasReference>false</HasReference>
<IsMultiValue>true</IsMultiValue>
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Hello:
I've been suing the magnetic lasso tool to make a selection of a group of people; there is a lot of going between legs and over heads, etc. But invariably when I get about half way through the selection the magnetic lasson tool acts as if I've completed the selection, i.e. I tap the image and the point of the last tap suddenly is connected with my point of origin. I have done this several times, making sure that I didn't tap too hard or anything like that, but that seems not to be the problem (I'm using CS6/Mac 10.6.8, for what it's worth).
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nateu,
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