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Join feature classes from two ArcSDE geodatabases with same schema?

I am working with two ArcSDE geodatabases -- one for test, one for production. They both have the same schema. I recalculated an attribute in the test environment and wanted to push that to ...
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Calculating the space a feature class will use in ArcSDE?

Is it possible to get a good estimate on how much space a feature class will take once loaded into ArcSDE from how big they are in a FGDB? I have some feature classes in a FGDB, where some are a few ...
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ArcSDE Feature View in a GeoDatabase other than the Feature's Database

here is the problem I have been struggling with: We have our spatial features in an SDE enabled DB (call it DB1) and have a client DB which is SDE enabled as well (meaning geo-DB call it DB2) and ...
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Can a spatial View in ArcSDE be viewed in ArcCatalog?

Can a spatial view in ArcSDE created by "sdetable create view" command be viewed as feature class in ArcCatalog, or is it just another plain table? I have a feature class table and an attribute table ...
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Reset Object ID After Truncating Table In SQL Server

I am working on a program to export data from a view containing a geometry type in Sql Server 2008, to an ArcSDE table on another server which also stores data using the geometry type. The source ...
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Can we do replication and versioning in User schema geodatabases version with sde default version

As both are administrators to their own schemas, is there any possibility to post and reconcile data across schemas?
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Delete a feature data set in SDE 10 programmatically

Is there a way to delete a feature data set and all of its feature classes programmatically either by using custom code or pre-existing command line tools? There is a tool provided by SDE called ...
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Creating a multiversioned view with ArcSDE and SQL Server 2008 R2

I am using the administration command sdetable -o create_mv_view to create a multiversioned view on a table in SQL Server 2008 R2. Everything appears to be working correctly with one exception: The ...
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ArcSDE - Registering table with Geography spatial column fails with error -138 (SQL Server 2008)

I have a table of point features I am trying to register with ArcSDE (9.3.1 on SQL Server 2008) using the following command: sdelayer -o register -l ThirdPartyWellsSurface,Shape -e np -C OBJECTID,SDE ...
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Find duplicate vertices in SQL Server geometry line (ArcSDE)

I have a line in a ZM polyline featureclass that has a invalid geometry. My suspicion is that the line doubles back on itself somewhere, which I've found SQL Server doesn't like. Anyone know of a ...
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Visualize feature class with many relationship classes?

I have a feature class in a geodatabase that I want to review. It has many relationship classes - possibly a hundred or more. If I load the feature class into ArcMap and identify one of the ...
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What is the difference between ESRI's SDE and Geospatial dbs?

When would you want to use ESRI SDE (I think it is called Server but I forget the level - please feel free to edit) versus a spatially enabled database. What are the trade-offs on either side? What ...