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Cant add field to shapefile feature class in arcgis pro

GaryThomann — Sat, 19 Mar 2022 20:38:19 GMT

Trying to add a field to shapefile feature class. Field type is text. When I save the changes the feature class data just disappears and there is a ! in front of the class name. If I delete the feature class and then try to bring the shapefile in again I get the message "Number of shapes does not match the number of table records." The shapefile dbf file is the only thing that was changed when I tried to do the original field add. Any ideas?

Re: Cant add field to shapefile feature class in arcgis pro

DanPatterson — Sat, 19 Mar 2022 20:56:36 GMT

The dbf wasn't edited outside of Pro was it?

Any chance a row was deleted by mistake?

I would try to copy the shapefile into a geodatabase to recover as much of the data as possible, as a first step, then report what is missing after the process

Re: Cant add field to shapefile feature class in arcgis pro

GaryThomann — Sat, 19 Mar 2022 21:44:06 GMT

Thank you Dan. No the shapefile was not edited outside Pro. After the shapefile got changed by trying to add a field, I tried to add the shapefile into a database. I immediately got a message "Internal error initializing expression" and it did not load.

Re: Cant add field to shapefile feature class in arcgis pro

GaryThomann — Sat, 19 Mar 2022 21:49:05 GMT

I took the original shapefile and first loaded it into a database. Then I added the field. That seems to work. Thank you for the suggestion.

Re: Cant add field to shapefile feature class in arcgis pro

DanPatterson — Sat, 19 Mar 2022 21:59:02 GMT

glad it worked out