Table references showing up with section number instead of table number

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Continuous v. per-chapter/section numbering of figures, tables, and other document elements

My table references are showing up with the section number in them. I'd like all tables in the article to be numbered sequentially with out regard to section.

Here's my header. Thanks!

\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc}
\usepackage{linguex}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{booktabs} % for fancy tables
\usepackage{amsmath,amsfonts,amsthm,amssymb} % for llbracket, rrbracket
\usepackage{stmaryrd} % for llbracket, rrbracket
\usepackage{qtree}
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{tree-dvips}
\usepackage{fancyhdr,lastpage}

Update:

I'm already in article class. The tables themselves show up numbered simply and correctly, e.g. Table 3. References to the tables, though, seem to actually give only the section name the tables are in. E.g. a table from section 3.1 shows up as "3.1" when I use \ref{tablename}.

Tried this, no effect:

\usepackage{chngcntr}
\counterwithout{table}{section}

Duplicate: Continuous v. per-chapter/section numbering of figures, tables, and other document elements — Werner, Jun 14 '12 at 05:35
The easiest approach would be to use the chngcntr package with \counterwithout{table}{section}. — Werner, Jun 14 '12 at 05:41
Always put \label after \caption inside your table. I'm guessing this is not the case in your document, correct? — Werner, Jun 14 '12 at 06:57
You are too good. That was it. Would you add that as the answer so I can accept? Many, many thanks. — mrjf, Jun 14 '12 at 06:58

score 29 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 14 '12 at 07:02

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Always put \label after \caption inside your table, otherwise you may receive unwanted references. The reason for this is that \label captures the most recently updated and counter (set using \refstepcounter). This only occurs after a call to \caption.

answered Jun 14 '12 at 07:02

Werner

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Highly underrated answer. – idnavid Dec 19 '19 at 04:59

Table references showing up with section number instead of table number

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