topic Re: field length limit exceeded when exporting Spatially Enabled DataFrame to feature class in file geodatabase in ArcGIS API for Python Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/field-length-limit-exceeded-when-exporting/m-p/1265963#M8478 <P>Can you clarify: does the target feature class already exist, or are you using the export function to create it?</P> Thu, 09 Mar 2023 13:56:55 GMT jcarlson 2023-03-09T13:56:55Z field length limit exceeded when exporting Spatially Enabled DataFrame to feature class in file geodatabase https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/field-length-limit-exceeded-when-exporting/m-p/1265862#M8476 <P>I tried to export a Spatially Enabled DataFrame to a feature class in a fileGDB and got an error of field length limit. I could find more information on this page (<A href="https://developers.arcgis.com/python/guide/introduction-to-the-spatially-enabled-dataframe/" target="_blank">https://developers.arcgis.com/python/guide/introduction-to-the-spatially-enabled-dataframe/</A>). I thought t<SPAN>he maximum length for a text field is 2,147,483,647 characters in geodatabases. The target field value length is only 275. What is the explanation for the error, or what is the field length limit when using the function ".spatial.to_featureclass"? I hope there is a direct solution such as setting the limit in the function, or I will try some workarounds. Thanks!</SPAN></P> Thu, 09 Mar 2023 03:05:32 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/field-length-limit-exceeded-when-exporting/m-p/1265862#M8476 DongmeiChen 2023-03-09T03:05:32Z Re: field length limit exceeded when exporting Spatially Enabled DataFrame to feature class in file geodatabase https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/field-length-limit-exceeded-when-exporting/m-p/1265963#M8478 <P>Can you clarify: does the target feature class already exist, or are you using the export function to create it?</P> Thu, 09 Mar 2023 13:56:55 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/field-length-limit-exceeded-when-exporting/m-p/1265963#M8478 jcarlson 2023-03-09T13:56:55Z Re: field length limit exceeded when exporting Spatially Enabled DataFrame to feature class in file geodatabase https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/field-length-limit-exceeded-when-exporting/m-p/1266054#M8479 <P>It already exists. I set&nbsp;overwrite=True and there was any issue before this case. The source data is from some manual input from a feature layer. I don't know what format caused the issue. I just trimmed whatever is beyond the last character by setting the text field value as value[0:len(value)], and it worked.&nbsp;</P> Thu, 09 Mar 2023 16:56:10 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/field-length-limit-exceeded-when-exporting/m-p/1266054#M8479 DongmeiChen 2023-03-09T16:56:10Z Re: field length limit exceeded when exporting Spatially Enabled DataFrame to feature class in file geodatabase https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/field-length-limit-exceeded-when-exporting/m-p/1267103#M8491 <P>I recently ran into this problem as well. I have a layer from AGO that contains a field with a text length of 2500. Currently there is only one row with &gt; 255 characters in that field. That row isn't exported using to_featureclass method and generates the following error.</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="aclark_polygonsol_0-1678721135306.png" style="width: 689px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/65090iBFB5FD6EB73CF420/image-dimensions/689x111?v=v2" width="689" height="111" role="button" title="aclark_polygonsol_0-1678721135306.png" alt="aclark_polygonsol_0-1678721135306.png" /></span></P><P>It doesn't matter if i overwrite or sanitize columns, i always get the error above. The field in the resulting feature class has a length of 255 which seems to be the cause of the error.&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Mon, 13 Mar 2023 15:29:19 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/field-length-limit-exceeded-when-exporting/m-p/1267103#M8491 aclark_polygonsol 2023-03-13T15:29:19Z Re: field length limit exceeded when exporting Spatially Enabled DataFrame to feature class in file geodatabase https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/field-length-limit-exceeded-when-exporting/m-p/1267187#M8493 If you export it to a shapefile, yes to 255. File geodatabase can contain much more.<BR /> Mon, 13 Mar 2023 17:27:40 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/field-length-limit-exceeded-when-exporting/m-p/1267187#M8493 DongmeiChen 2023-03-13T17:27:40Z Re: field length limit exceeded when exporting Spatially Enabled DataFrame to feature class in file geodatabase https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/field-length-limit-exceeded-when-exporting/m-p/1335918#M9122 <P>I can confirm this also happens when exporting to a FGDB.</P> Fri, 06 Oct 2023 19:06:42 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/field-length-limit-exceeded-when-exporting/m-p/1335918#M9122 GrantHerbert 2023-10-06T19:06:42Z Re: field length limit exceeded when exporting Spatially Enabled DataFrame to feature class in file geodatabase https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/field-length-limit-exceeded-when-exporting/m-p/1544550#M10725 <P>I can also confirm that this happens when exporting to a file geodatabase. did anyone find a workaround?</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Tue, 01 Oct 2024 20:37:48 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/field-length-limit-exceeded-when-exporting/m-p/1544550#M10725 NathanDahlberg 2024-10-01T20:37:48Z