topic ArcCatalog connection object to SDE 10.0 in Data Management Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/arccatalog-connection-object-to-sde-10-0/m-p/578169#M32732 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Couple things here.&nbsp; Need to know if others are seeing this and if it is a bug needing to be reported.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>10.1 seperates the desired version from the Database Connection dialog.&nbsp; Issue #1.&nbsp; I don't edit the services file.&nbsp; I use the Service as&nbsp; "port:5151".&nbsp;&nbsp; When I save this with the Database Platform of "Application Server", the ":5151" is removed and leaves just "port".&nbsp; I can connect to ArcSDE fine with this... for some reason.&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Issue #2. When I try to go into Database Connection Properties, I have to first go back and add ":5151" back (even though it isn't actually stored).&nbsp; Then I can&nbsp; access which Transactional version I want... sorta.&nbsp; I can see the versions but when I choose the version I want, I get Connect dialog:</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>"Failed to connect to database.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Entry for SDE instance not found in services file"</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Then a Warning dialog:</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>"Unable to open the selected database (with the current connection properties)."</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>If I go back and add ":5151" I am able to see the datasets again.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>This is a nasty little loop.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 08 Sep 2011 19:10:51 GMT Anonymous User 2011-09-08T19:10:51Z ArcCatalog connection object to SDE 10.0 https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/arccatalog-connection-object-to-sde-10-0/m-p/578169#M32732 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Couple things here.&nbsp; Need to know if others are seeing this and if it is a bug needing to be reported.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>10.1 seperates the desired version from the Database Connection dialog.&nbsp; Issue #1.&nbsp; I don't edit the services file.&nbsp; I use the Service as&nbsp; "port:5151".&nbsp;&nbsp; When I save this with the Database Platform of "Application Server", the ":5151" is removed and leaves just "port".&nbsp; I can connect to ArcSDE fine with this... for some reason.&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Issue #2. When I try to go into Database Connection Properties, I have to first go back and add ":5151" back (even though it isn't actually stored).&nbsp; Then I can&nbsp; access which Transactional version I want... sorta.&nbsp; I can see the versions but when I choose the version I want, I get Connect dialog:</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>"Failed to connect to database.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Entry for SDE instance not found in services file"</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Then a Warning dialog:</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>"Unable to open the selected database (with the current connection properties)."</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>If I go back and add ":5151" I am able to see the datasets again.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>This is a nasty little loop.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 08 Sep 2011 19:10:51 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/arccatalog-connection-object-to-sde-10-0/m-p/578169#M32732 Anonymous User 2011-09-08T19:10:51Z Re: ArcCatalog connection object to SDE 10.0 https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/arccatalog-connection-object-to-sde-10-0/m-p/578170#M32733 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>You only need to put the port number in the Service field, not port:5151.&nbsp; I'm guessing that the tool doesn't know what "port" is, so it ignores it and just uses the default service port value.&nbsp; In your case, the connection works because your service is using the default value.&nbsp; I bet that if your port was actually 30000, the connection would fail from the Database Connections dialog box.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>The Geodatabase Connection Properties dialog box must pass the literal value for the service, causing it to fail if the value is incorrect. </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Try just 5151 in the Service field on the Database Connections dialog box and see if that fixes the problem when choosing versions from the Geodatabase Connection Properties dialog box.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Regards,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Kim</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 14 Sep 2011 15:12:14 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/arccatalog-connection-object-to-sde-10-0/m-p/578170#M32733 KimPeter 2011-09-14T15:12:14Z