topic Re: How do you name your SDE connection files? in Data Management Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-do-you-name-your-sde-connection-files/m-p/117739#M6700 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>USER@INSTANCE.sde is a very common format from what I have seen and I use this format as well.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 02 Oct 2015 19:43:25 GMT Anonymous User 2015-10-02T19:43:25Z How do you name your SDE connection files? https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-do-you-name-your-sde-connection-files/m-p/117738#M6699 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I've been doing <SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;">USER@INSTANCE.sde</SPAN> but I'd like to know what "standards" everyone else uses.</P><P></P><P><A href="https://community.esri.com/group/1680">Geodatabase</A>​</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 02 Oct 2015 19:37:14 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-do-you-name-your-sde-connection-files/m-p/117738#M6699 BlakeTerhune 2015-10-02T19:37:14Z Re: How do you name your SDE connection files? https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-do-you-name-your-sde-connection-files/m-p/117739#M6700 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>USER@INSTANCE.sde is a very common format from what I have seen and I use this format as well.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 02 Oct 2015 19:43:25 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-do-you-name-your-sde-connection-files/m-p/117739#M6700 Anonymous User 2015-10-02T19:43:25Z Re: How do you name your SDE connection files? https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-do-you-name-your-sde-connection-files/m-p/117740#M6701 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I also use USER@INSTANCE.sde</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 02 Oct 2015 22:55:16 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-do-you-name-your-sde-connection-files/m-p/117740#M6701 Luke_Pinner 2015-10-02T22:55:16Z Re: How do you name your SDE connection files? https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-do-you-name-your-sde-connection-files/m-p/117741#M6702 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I have started using </P><P>prod_ or dev_&nbsp; tacked on to the front of of the user@instance.sde&nbsp;&nbsp; Just so I know what server I am on.&nbsp; </P><P></P><P>I do something similar for ArcGIS Server connections.</P><P>​</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 02 Oct 2015 23:18:20 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-do-you-name-your-sde-connection-files/m-p/117741#M6702 RebeccaStrauch__GISP 2015-10-02T23:18:20Z