SQL Spatial features in ArcGIS-created Geodatabase

Question

Hello ARCGIS experts,

What table within the ARCMAP-created geodatabase stores attributes like the fill colors of drawn polygons of a feature class?

I am looking to perform a SQL update command  on the feature class table created via ArcMap, and would like to change the color  of some entries based on the update criteria.

Thank you,

Adriana

NeilAyres · Answer

The service is looking at the underlying mxd (or an image of it in memory somewhere). So, whether you use style sheets or not, the layer inside ArcMap would have to have all the possible types of polygon for instance. Say you had a whole bunch of building footprints, and they were classified into 4 "types" : House, Office, Restaurant; Commercial or something. If you only had actually 3 of these in your layer, they would draw, but there is no restuarant until someones edits and adds one. Then it would appear, without you having to re-publish. And add the extra type of feature into the toc.

If you add some category that is not in the TOC then you wont see it. That's what domains and so forth are about, controlling allowed entries. Then you can set everything up beforehand.

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AdrianaStanciu · Answer

Thank you very much for the response Neil.

Can 'Style sheets' be used for dynamic map services?  I published the service as a map  and a feature class. I used the /Mapserver  rest URL in my application, and it updates automatically as polygons are added to the database.

I am wondering if i can implement the style sheets solution, in such a way that i would not have to republish the service after each change.

NeilAyres · Answer

See some of the help docs...what-are-symbols-and-styles