topic Re: Trouble Merging two Shapefile Layers in ArcGIS Desktop in Data Management Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/trouble-merging-two-shapefile-layers-in-arcgis/m-p/266614#M15397 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>either you are trying to add text to a numeric field</P><P>the contents you are trying to add are too big for the size of the field</P><P>solution is to save to a geodatabase or fix the shapefile structure prior to merging</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 27 Jul 2016 14:10:53 GMT DanPatterson_Retired 2016-07-27T14:10:53Z Trouble Merging two Shapefile Layers in ArcGIS Desktop https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/trouble-merging-two-shapefile-layers-in-arcgis/m-p/266613#M15396 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I am having trouble merging two shapefile layers from ArcGIS 10.4 Online in ArcGIS 10.4 Desktop. Every time I attempt to execute the Merge an error message related to the content of one of my fields pops up. (Please see example below). The layers were created in a geodatabase and data was added using the Collector App. I have been editing the data on ArcGIS Online and never had any issues with the content of the fields until attempting the Merge. I would appreciate any suggestions. </P><P><IMG class="image-1 jive-image" height="585" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/213348_pastedImage_0.png" style="width: 798px; height: 615.87px;" width="758" /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 27 Jul 2016 13:43:55 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/trouble-merging-two-shapefile-layers-in-arcgis/m-p/266613#M15396 KylieStackis 2016-07-27T13:43:55Z Re: Trouble Merging two Shapefile Layers in ArcGIS Desktop https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/trouble-merging-two-shapefile-layers-in-arcgis/m-p/266614#M15397 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>either you are trying to add text to a numeric field</P><P>the contents you are trying to add are too big for the size of the field</P><P>solution is to save to a geodatabase or fix the shapefile structure prior to merging</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 27 Jul 2016 14:10:53 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/trouble-merging-two-shapefile-layers-in-arcgis/m-p/266614#M15397 DanPatterson_Retired 2016-07-27T14:10:53Z