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So, this could be the most puzzling python geoprocessor error I have ever dealt with... This problem is occurring in ArcGIS Server 9.3, Python 2.5.2

I am exposing a typical python script as a geoprocessing service. In this script, I frequently use the gp.ListFeatureClasses() method, which searches the current workspace as shown in snippet below.

import arcgisscripting
gp = arcgisscripting.create(9.3)
gp.workspace = "C:/someworkspace/mygdb.gdb" 
featureClasses = gp.ListFeatureClasses()

In the initial portion of the script, everything works as expected. But in later portions of the script, the service crashes when I call gp.workspace reporting the following error:

AttributeError: Object: Environment <workspace> not found

My initial guess was that maybe the workspace was being set to a non-existent workspace or gdb, but I have been able to verify that the workspace is always infact valid.

Digging around a bit has shown that others have experienced the same problem. However, none have been able to set the workspace AT ALL.

Has anyone ever experienced such issues?

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I have had this issue, and only got around it by reassigning the location for the workspace everytime I wanted to list any featureclasses

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Thanks for the response - but that is where I getting the error. When I call gp.Workspace = 'C:/new_workspace' in mid-script I get the Object: Environment <workspace> not found error. – user890 Nov 24 '11 at 12:48
Try setting gp.Workspace = null before you reset it, or simply create a string reference to the datasets env location and 'prepend' it – Hairy Nov 24 '11 at 13:25
One last thing to note, is how are you licensed? Is it through a license server? Can you post the whole script up? – Hairy Nov 24 '11 at 13:32
The other thing I do, differently, is pass the environment in as a variable, so it might be acting differently? I don't know, as it is flaky, but it seems to work – Hairy Nov 24 '11 at 13:40
I am starting to think this is, and excuse the pun, an environment issue, as I cannot replicate it doing it the way you are, and mine works fine. Some things I would do, is to bump any license server, reinstall possibly, your instance? How are you running the script? Can you run it in IDLE? – Hairy Nov 24 '11 at 13:48
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