Simple InsertCursor crash

Question

First time pythoner...

I'm trying to create a new empty row (from csv file) and insert in a featureclass in a file gdb.

When i do the following I crash ArcMap 10:>>> cursor = arcpy.InsertCursor("test")
>>> row = cursor.newRow
>>> cursor.insertRow(row)

test is a point featureclass with no records.

I want to set the field values of my rows from the csv file but my 'row' object only has im_class, im_func and im_self properties. How do i set my field values and insert my row without crashing arcmap?

deleted-user-VeZur_n9o0OZ · Answer

Thanks, I cracked it in the end. I set my feature's geometry to a point i created from coords in the csv file. I had to recreate my featureclass with upper case field aliases to stop the insert crashing arcmap.

Sorry for the duplicate thread. I can't see anywhere to mark this thread as resolved like the old style forums...

DarrenWiens2 · Answer

Your "row" objects should inherit all of the field names from the dataset that the cursor is traversing (as described here). So, you would set the values as:cursor = arcpy.InsertCursor("test")
row = cursor.newRow()
row.fieldname1 = "value1"
row.fieldname2 = "value2"
cursor.insertRow(row)