ESRI geodatabase is a particular database schema designed by ESRI for managing "layers", "versioning", "topology" and other ESRI application specific storage requirements.
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Versioning with ArcSDE - Is it possible to cancel or reject edits once they've been posted?
I am using ArcGIS 9.3.1 and attempting to work with an SDE geodatabase (with one polygon feature class) that has already been registered as versioned. I'm new to versioning and am still trying to ...
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How to reorder fields (permanently) in a file geodatabase
Using ArcGIS 10.0, is it possible to reorder the fields in a file geodatabase, and have the order persisted to the database?
We considered exporting to XML, and writing a parser to change the field ...
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Issues with large datasets
I am trying to run an Intersect process in arcgis 10 sp 3 with 2 file sets (aspect and slope) from up to a 1m DEM across an area of 65,000sq km. The aspect has 9,930,384 records and the slope has ...
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How do you create 9.3 version of a geodatabase in ArcMap 10?
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 ...
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How to check if domain already exists?
I am trying to check the existence of domains in my file geodatabase which contains 4 domains (automatically populated after I created some annotation feature classes). My code is as follows:
import ...
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Can I store an ArcObject inside a BLOB or XML field?
I'm having this crazy idea here...Is it possible to store an ESRI object inside a blob field inside a geodatabase? If not, perhaps a serialized XML representation?
I'm thinking about storing ...
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Can a Geometric network be hosted in a Spatial Data Service?
I'm wanting to deploy a geometric network to Sql Azure, where clients can trace through it.
The Spatial Data Services Deployment Utility allows me to deploy each featureclass from a geometric network ...
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Bulk field rename in file geodatabase
I have a file geodatabase with several hundred feature classes in it.
Some feature classes have a field that got named incorrectly, and it got named "SCHEMA_FEATURECLASS_ENTITY" instead of just ...
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How to access file geodatabase in Qgis?
How does one access data from an Esri file geodatabase in Quantum GIS?
I've seen snippets of conversation that indicate it's possible with qgis 1.7+ and gdal 1.9+ but no clear recipe.
I recognize ...
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How to get the size of a file geodatabase feature class on disk?
Is there a simple way to determine the amount of hard drive space a feature class takes up? I feel like I'm missing something simple, but I don't recall a method that does so. You would think that ...
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creating unique ID-s for my file geodatabase
I use ArcEditor licence level, ArcGIS 10.0 version, and we're talking about a file geodatabase.
I have several feature classes (electric energy domain) and I want to connect them using relationship ...
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Trouble importing Feature Classes into Feature Datasets
I'm sure there must be a simple reason for this but I can't seem to be able to import a shp file or a feature class from another file or sde geodatabase into a Feature Dataset without getting an ...
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Can I copy an entire geodatabase with relationship classes and domains and reproject all feature classes from wgs84 to state plane?
I have an SDE geodatabase with several feature classes, tables, relationship classes, and domains. All the feature classes are currently in WGS84 coordinate system.
I need an exact copy of the ...
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Using ArcObjects, how to convert an Access table into a proper geodatabase table?
I have inherited an ArcGIS application that creates a number of access database tables. I'd like to use ArcObjects to convert them to proper geodatabase tables, which I understand to mean simply ...
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How to distinguish between File and Personal Geodb workspace?
I am looking for a way - given an IWorkspace object - to check if it was created from a Personal-GDB or a File-GDB. I tried using IWorkspace.WorkspaceFactory to check if it's an instance of e.g. ...
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What are Esri Geodatabases?
What are the various formats/storage technologies which fall under the name Esri Geodatabase?
What are the most important differences between them?
and (briefly) what are the mainstream means to ...
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How to migrate GDB data into PostGIS without ESRI apps?
Can you tell me how I can load geodatabase data into PostGIS without having to install ESRI apps? The solution I found online talked about using ArcGIS to convert GDB to SHP and then importing SHP to ...
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Performance - using multiple file geodatabases as opposed to one
I'm trying to decide the best way to organize my data for an ArcEngine application. I am particularly interested in map display and query speed. Currently I have all of my data separated into separate ...
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Creating geodatabase from CSV using python
I have a file with weather data (daily) for multiple weather stations for multiple years. I am looking for some python script to automate the database creation process and its interpolation on a daily ...
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What is the best practice for data management? [duplicate]
I have always been curious how other folks are storing their spatial data. Outside of an enterprise environment where much data is stored in enterprise geodatabases, is it better to store data per ...
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ArcCatalog 10.0 complains that spatial references don't match between a feature dataset and a feature class that have the same coordinate system?
I have a feature dataset that is using the GCS_WGS_1984 as the geographic coordinate system. It includes a few feature classes.
This feature dataset is itself in a file geodatabase that contains a ...
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How is the default label field chosen by ArcMap?
I have 2 questions:
I know how to manually go to Layer Properties>Labels tab>Label Field and choose my label field. I also know that I could set up my primary label field and save the setting as a ...
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How to a sync file geodatabase across multiple office locations?
I am planning to have a work project with multiple file geodatabases, fgdb (consisting of images, grids, feature class, etc) and these will be passed along to three regional offices and will sit on ...
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How to update the length property of a feature class field?
I have a feature class with a string field that I want to update the length from 10 to 25. Is there a way or a tool to update this property without having to create a new field and using field ...
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Why can't I see all records in my personal GDB in QGIS?
I am running QGIS 1.8. I have a layer from an ESRI Personal GDB. There are 431 features in the layer. When you load the layer into QGIS, and look at the Metadata properties, it shows the number of ...
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Error importing XML workspace document to file geodatabase
Ok so I have a large SDE geodatabase that I exported to an XML Workspace Document. I tried to importing it again into a file geodatabase to test if the export worked correctly and got the following ...
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Is there any place in which I can find a list of invalid database characters for ArcGIS 10?
Relating to my question about the split tool here, as suggested I ask a new question: is there any place with a list of invalid characters to use in a database in ArcGIS 10?
edit: It is in relation ...
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How do I move and/or rename a file geodatabase?
I am expanding the scope of an existing file geodatabase so I would like to move it up a folder hierarchy as well as rename it.
For both of these operations, is it as simple as moving the folder via ...
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Is there any way to write a snipet of code with function of “SDELayer -o register” command
I try to create a geodatabase using some SQL command and then register some tables of it with SDE.
I create an empty geodatabase using sde post installation and then create tables and other database ...
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When is it safe to use ObjectIDs as keys in a relationship class?
I've always avoided using ObjectIDs when defining relationship classes. It is my understanding that some actions on a geodatabase will re-set objectIDs (like import/export). However I do see a lot ...
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How to programmatically determine the size of a feature class in a file geodatabase?
My answer to the question How to get the size of a file geodatabase feature class on disk? shows how one can enable a column in ArcCatalog showing the file size of FGDB feature classes in the contents ...
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How to add feature class from ESRI personal geodatabase (.mdb) in QGIS
How do you add a feature class in a ESRI personal gdb in qgis. I understand this can be done through the option add vector layer and select geodatabase. But what after that ? It doesn't allow me to ...
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Data organization strategies for .csv and .shp
I'm organizing a large amount of data for a project and the data is stored in .csv format, with a code to relate each row to a polygon in a .shp. I was planning on converting the .csv data into .dbf ...
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Is there a performance hit from using a Feature Dataset?
I vaguely remember being taught not to use a Feature Dataset to make things "look neat" in the database, and that the Feature Dataset should only be used when there was some sort of spatial ...
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How to list feature classes with active “attribute domains”?
I have an Esri file geodatabase with attribute domains defined. I need to delete some of the attribute domains but can't because "The domain is used by an attribute rule.". How might I discover which ...
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Error opening feature class from SDE (which can be opened in another application)
We're using ArcGis 10.1 with ArcSDE 9.3.1 on Oracle 10g.
I've got 2 layers that cannot be opened or modified with ArcCatalog or ArcMap (but they show up in the list. Everything worked just fine ...
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ESRI File GeoDatabase: Unicode/Codepage problem - Convert UTF-8 to ANSI
I have a Codepage issue, and for now I am a bit stumpped
My original source data contains multiple country data delivered in SHP (UTF-8). The data is then merged into a File GeoDB as the data is too ...
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How to create a feature class in a file geodatabase in ArcGIS 9.3 with Python?
I'm not entirely sure if I am using the correct terminology, so I apologize in advance. What I am looking to do is create a file geodatabase and add a feature class directly into that file ...
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Getting line FID from polygon ITopologyGraph
I want to export polygon Arc list to txt file for that
I created topologygraph for personal geodatabase feature class (polygon)
using ITopologyGraph::build.
I got polygon FIDs but I am not getting ...
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ESRI: ADF + Geodatabase
I'm a .NET Develop. I'm using ESRI / ADF and I have a problem whit some methods of Geodatabase. On the beginning of development I needed connect on GeoDB and execute queries. On this moment I got this ...
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Raster attribute field error [duplicate]
I am trying to add jpegs to a raster data type attribute field. I want to this field to be managed by the file geodatabase. When I load the photos and try to save my edits it get various errors but ...
