topic AddCodedValueToDomain - Cannot get exclusive schema lock in Data Management Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/addcodedvaluetodomain-cannot-get-exclusive-schema/m-p/282145#M16172 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I'm having an issue with updating domains in ArcSDE.&nbsp; When I run the "Add Coded Value To Domain" geoprocessing tool interactively I get the following schema lock error</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>ERROR 000464: Cannot get exclusive schema lock.&nbsp; Either being edited or in use by another application.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Failed to execute (AddCodedValueToDomain).</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>What's strange is that the command does update the domain even though it generates an error.&nbsp; Any ideas?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Environment:</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp; ArcSDE 9.3.1 64-bit, SQL 2008 64-bit, Windows Server 2008 64-bit</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 01 Dec 2010 19:11:05 GMT RandyKreuziger 2010-12-01T19:11:05Z AddCodedValueToDomain - Cannot get exclusive schema lock https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/addcodedvaluetodomain-cannot-get-exclusive-schema/m-p/282145#M16172 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I'm having an issue with updating domains in ArcSDE.&nbsp; When I run the "Add Coded Value To Domain" geoprocessing tool interactively I get the following schema lock error</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>ERROR 000464: Cannot get exclusive schema lock.&nbsp; Either being edited or in use by another application.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Failed to execute (AddCodedValueToDomain).</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>What's strange is that the command does update the domain even though it generates an error.&nbsp; Any ideas?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Environment:</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp; ArcSDE 9.3.1 64-bit, SQL 2008 64-bit, Windows Server 2008 64-bit</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 01 Dec 2010 19:11:05 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/addcodedvaluetodomain-cannot-get-exclusive-schema/m-p/282145#M16172 RandyKreuziger 2010-12-01T19:11:05Z Re: AddCodedValueToDomain - Cannot get exclusive schema lock https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/addcodedvaluetodomain-cannot-get-exclusive-schema/m-p/282146#M16173 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I get the same behavior.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 09 Nov 2011 11:01:13 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/addcodedvaluetodomain-cannot-get-exclusive-schema/m-p/282146#M16173 ScottSnider 2011-11-09T11:01:13Z Re: AddCodedValueToDomain - Cannot get exclusive schema lock https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/addcodedvaluetodomain-cannot-get-exclusive-schema/m-p/282147#M16174 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>The problem is persistant with ArcSDE and works nicely with File Geodatabase Connections. (I would expect the opposite)</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>arcpy.TableToDomain_management() is the tool that can be used </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Susan</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:06:13 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/addcodedvaluetodomain-cannot-get-exclusive-schema/m-p/282147#M16174 SusanJones 2012-02-22T20:06:13Z