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Under the What's new for geodatabases in ArcGIS 10 Esri talks about an optional parameter that allows you to create a 9.3 GDB [GeoDataBase] in version 10. I can not find any other info. Any help on how to get to this "optional parameter" working would be great.

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You can't create a geodatabase in ArcMap, unless you are referring to the ArcCatalog window inside of ArcMap. Did you mean a 9.3 version of an .MXD file? – Seth P. Nov 29 '10 at 21:22
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@seth- there's a GP tool that can be used to create a GDB. – Derek Swingley Nov 29 '10 at 21:42

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Swingley's answer should be the accepted answer, but I'll offer this up as an alternative since I know this to be common: Make a copy of an existing empty 9.3 geodatabase.

At each ArcGIS release, I create an empty file geodatabase and empty personal geodatabase and store them on a network drive and on the USB. Whenever I need new one, I just copy a geodatabase from my stash.

As I was writing this answer, I remembered James Fee's blog post about the same topic back in 2006. It looks like he's actually added links for 9.3 and 10.0 geodatabases to the blog post:

http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2006/11/21/esri-92-personal-geodatabases-in-arcgis-91/

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Good call. If you've got old GDBs on hand, this is probably the easier solution. I remember James' old blog post but didn't realize he's still updating it. – Derek Swingley Nov 30 '10 at 18:11
Thanks so much for the help. Great ideas. – Leslie Dec 1 '10 at 4:51
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It's an optional parameter when using the Create File GDB geoprocessing tool.

(Optional)

The ArcGIS version for the geodatabase to be created.

 CURRENT —Creates a geodatabase compatible with the currently installed version of ArcGIS
 10.0 —Creates a geodatabase compatible with ArcGIS version 10
 9.3 —Creates a geodatabase compatible with ArcGIS version 9.3
 9.2 —Creates a geodatabase compatible with ArcGIS version 9.2
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yeah it's on the gp tool, NOT on the "create file gdb" context menu in catalog – gotchula Nov 30 '10 at 4:34

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