In databases, an alternative state of the database that has an owner, a description, a permission (private, protected, or public), and a parent version.
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How to edit a given version of geodatabase?
I have a versioned geodatabase. Any of that versions are used only by one user. So then user called "XXX" has a version called "XXX". So then now I want to make a changes on given version, but when I ...
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Why can't a user with db_owner role version data?
I've made an enterprise geodatabase and added a user with db_owner permissions.
When I add a database connection in ArcCatalog and connect to this geodatabase using the user I created, I'm not able ...
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Steps to create an interface Editing ArcSDE Layers in a web service online. Similar to ArcGIS Desktop
The initial idea is to make a multiuser web service for editing versions of an ArcSDE geodatabase online (each version for each user. Is it possible to acces through a password and user name?).
Can I ...
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Is it possible to create an “Empty” version of an SDE database?
Is it possible to create an "Empty" version of an SDE database? I have a large default SDE database that I would like to create an empty version for a new project. By "Empty" version I am referring ...
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Tools to compare unversioned copies of geospatial data
My office has about 100 GB of geospatial data of varying forms (imagery, feature classes in geodatabases, LIDAR, tables, etc) that have gone somewhat unmanaged for the decade during which they were ...
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Register as versioned with move edits to base - when not to?
What limitations do I get, when I chose to register as versioned with the option to move edits to base?
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Finding the Default version in a large linage tree
I have a very large versioning linage tree. I am using the arcGIS 10.0 GDBT tool. How can I find the node with the default version?
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SDE Topology dirty areas don't go away
Just looking for an explanation on SDE Topology dirty areas that don't go away. My workflow involves editing a version of SDE data, then once finished I use the Validate Topology in Current Extent ...
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ArcObjects IConflictsWindow3 not seeing version reconciliation conflicts
We are working on a reconcile and post add-in for one of our departments. I'm able to successfully complete the task if there are no conflicts or if I specify which version 'wins'. We would like to ...
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ArcSDE Archiving - H tables
We have ArcSDE 10.0 on MSSQL 2008 with Geodatabase archiving enabled. In the process of updating a topology I deleted the topology, disabled archiving, unregistered as versioned and then recreated ...
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Distributed versioning of geospatial data
I'm getting started on the design of a new system that would reconcile, merge, and synchronize changes made across numerous geospatial databases of common ancestry, on an ongoing basis. These ...
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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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Best practices for managing geospatial data
How do you manage your geospatial data? I have terrabytes of data spread out over hundreds of datasets, and have an ad-hoc solution using symbolic links within projects which link back to an ...
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How to deal with versioning in OpenStreetMap?
The topic of managing geospatial data in a more general sense has come up before here. The topic of versioning was mentioned there as well, but not really dealt with.
Traditional geospatial data ...
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ArcSDE 10.0 - Reconcile Post
Is it possible to edit the same feature in sde in two different versions and rec/post version A's edits to the parent. And then rec/post version B's edits of same feature.
And then see which vertex ...
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How to store and serve data and its progress over time in GeoServer?
I recently started working with GeoServer and stored some shape files. I successfully can retrieve the data as JSON. The data I want to maintain in the database changes over time. I do not want to ...
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Unable to edit data in an ArcSDE geodatabase
I'm dealing for the first time with an ArcSDE geodatabase so I'm facing simple problems to you. ESRI help wasn't of much help (to a begginer at least).
I can't edit my data in ArcMap, most probably ...
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Tracking change with ArcSDE/Oracle
I'm looking for the simplest way to track changes ([delete, update, create] feature(s)) made to the DEFAULT version of a given feature class in ArcSDE(10) and Oracle(11g).
Qualifier: I am not a dba ...
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In a versioned geodatabase, what impact do delta tables and the state tree have on query performance?
We have a versioned arcsde geodatabase (arcgis 9.3.1 on oracle 10g) with a fairly complex data model that includes about 100 featureclasses and non spatial tables, a geometric network and many ...
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Reconcile a Versioned Geodatabase with only the DEFAULT version
Follow up to this: Spatial Database Connection String
I am trying to reconcile a versioned geodatabase that has only one version, DEFAULT. I am following the steps from the ESRI documentation: A ...
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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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How to set up a Revision Control for ESRI File Geodatabase?
I'm interested in doing revision control (Mercurial) on some file geodatabases. Does anyone have an idea of which files are important (need to be saved) and which can be ignored? Note that I'm not ...
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How to check whether a fc is registered as versioned or not using python
How can I check whether or not a feature class is versioned using python? I'm trying to register feature classes using a python script. Before I do this I need to check whether a feature class is ...
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Has anyone discovered any compatibility issues between ArcGIS 10 clients editing older ArcSDE geodatabases (e.g 9.3.x)?
I’ve read the ESRI documentation here: http://goo.gl/UUSM (link to ESRI) and http://goo.gl/TsmV (link to ESRI) , so I know the documentation states that you can. And I’ve actually edited data (a ...
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After running the Version Changes tool ..Export pre-reconcile/post records from parent
I would like to export those records identified as changes after running the Version Changes tool before running Reconcile and Post tools. Preferably with python or having python call a program to do ...
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How to solve an “Error found when retrieving conflicts.” error in ArcMap?
I uncovered this error when testing ArcMap 10 SP2 for a customer:
This occurs when the conflict is detected--ArcMap is attempting to show the conflicts window but fails.
I get this error on all ...
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How can we use SQL to update feature class attributes in a versioned geodatabase in ArcGIS Workgroup
ArcGIS Workgroup Edition 9.3.1, MS SQL 2005 Express
I have some attribute data that I want to periodically update with information from another RDBMS using SQL UPDATE commands. The data is ...
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Is the “sdetable” command available with ArcGIS Workgroup
Is the "sdetable" command available with ArcGIS Workgroup, or only the Enterprise edition?
We have ArcGIS Server Workgroup 9.3.1 and want to update some of the feature class tables with data from ...
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Problems when trying to Undo edit operations in ArcGIS
I'm trying to programatically stop/abort/undo an edit operation inside a ArcSDE environment. My environment is currently Oracle, ArcSDE 9.3.1 and in our custom code (I inherited a large ugly portion ...
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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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Versioning commercial datasets in ArcSDE + Oracle
We are building an application with several spatial tables, provided by a commercial vendor, at its core. The vendor provides updates quarterly. We maintain several tables of our own, derived from ...
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Which part(s) of the ArcMap user interface uses the Rogue Wave Objective Grid(OG1200ASU.DLL)?
I'm trying to troubleshoot ArcMap 10 crashing when I reconcile a version and I think it is OG1200ASU.DLL causing the problem. I'm guessing it's the attribute table or the attribute inspector.
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Comparing 2 vector files
I'm looking for a tool which compares two vector files (eg shapefiles). Eg 2 versions of a river network.
Quite a lot of the records are equal, but some are different. A possible output would be eg a ...
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Applying version control to ArcGIS Models
Version control is an indispensible tool for software development, allowing one to reliably and cleanly step back in time to the last time X did it's job exactly right, or to see what changed between ...
