Renaming SDE feature classes

Question

Hello -

When renaming a featureclass in an SDE db, do I have to include the full name?  ex:
for fc in fcList:
    arcpy.Rename_managemant(fc,"new_name")

or
for fc in fcList:
    arcpy.Rename_managemant(fc,"DATABASE_NAME.new_name")

Thanks

T__WayneWhitley · Answer

Yes I know what you mean...testschemalock only served to let you know if you could acquire a lock (necessary to change the name, delete, add fields, etc.), and then it didn't always seem to work.  Now, it appears there is a more potent arsenal with arcpy I haven't tried yet- you can supposedly target and disconnect users (as an admin):
http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#/DisconnectUser/018v00000061000000/

KevinYanuk · Answer

No.  You can set the env workspace to your SDE connection.

And by the way, it's 'management'.

Great thanks -

and oops 😛

EDIT:

This has happened to me before -- it hangs up on arcpy.Rename_management() and doesn't work when trying to do this on SDE.

I can always use C# or something, but this only took a few minutes to throw together, I don't know why it hangs up.

T__WayneWhitley · Answer

No.  You can set the env workspace to your SDE connection.

And by the way, it's 'management'.