idea arcpy.TestSchemaLock() should be able to check workspace in ArcGIS Pro Ideas https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/arcpy-testschemalock-should-be-able-to-check/idi-p/953210 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><BR />The function arcpy.TestSchemaLock() takes as input a dataset for which it returns TRUE or FALSE depending if a schema lock is in place. This works great for a Table or FeatureClass but it needs to be able to test a workspace, specifically a personal geodatabase. </P><P></P><P>Unless ESRI plan to drop all support for a personal geodatabase (which they have done for ArcGIS Pro) then it would be a simple and effective improvement on this function if it was able to take a dataset OR a Workspace and return the boolean.</P><P></P><P>I have scripts that write to personal geodatabases and these can very easily get locked by another application or user. You could argue that I should be writing to a file geodatabase but there are good reasons for wanting to write to a personal geodatabase.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 19 Jul 2016 11:51:06 GMT DuncanHornby 2016-07-19T11:51:06Z arcpy.TestSchemaLock() should be able to check workspace https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/arcpy-testschemalock-should-be-able-to-check/idi-p/953210 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><BR />The function arcpy.TestSchemaLock() takes as input a dataset for which it returns TRUE or FALSE depending if a schema lock is in place. This works great for a Table or FeatureClass but it needs to be able to test a workspace, specifically a personal geodatabase. </P><P></P><P>Unless ESRI plan to drop all support for a personal geodatabase (which they have done for ArcGIS Pro) then it would be a simple and effective improvement on this function if it was able to take a dataset OR a Workspace and return the boolean.</P><P></P><P>I have scripts that write to personal geodatabases and these can very easily get locked by another application or user. You could argue that I should be writing to a file geodatabase but there are good reasons for wanting to write to a personal geodatabase.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 19 Jul 2016 11:51:06 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/arcpy-testschemalock-should-be-able-to-check/idi-p/953210 DuncanHornby 2016-07-19T11:51:06Z Re: arcpy.TestSchemaLock() should be able to check workspace https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/arcpy-testschemalock-should-be-able-to-check/idc-p/1610560#M34647 <P>Thanks for the idea. But as mentioned in the original post ArcGIS Pro does not support personal geodatabase.</P><P>We're planning to close this issue shortly.</P> Wed, 30 Apr 2025 18:35:13 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/arcpy-testschemalock-should-be-able-to-check/idc-p/1610560#M34647 gprince 2025-04-30T18:35:13Z