To select any object falling in buffer area of a region/polyline/point object

Select the table to select from in SQL Select

object within any ( select buffer ( islamabad_reshuffling_area.obj , 200 , 200 ,

"km" ) from islamabad_reshuffling_area where islamabad_reshuffling_area.id = 1 )

Create buffer in mapbasic

update islamabad_reshuffling_area set obj = buffer( obj , 100, 50 , "km")

buffer (obj , smoothness , distance , unit)

To convert the region to points (centroid)

update islamabad_reshuffling_area set obj = centroid(obj)