topic &quot;Error setting the data source. General function failure&quot; in Data Management Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/quot-error-setting-the-data-source-general/m-p/164766#M9200 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I was editing the table of a gdb feature class in ArcCatalog when I started getting the message "General function failure" in response to deleting a field. <BR />I closed out and reopened and now the entire feature class has the red exclamation point, and when I try setting the data source, it gives me the error message "Error setting the data source. General function failure." <BR />I've searched for the problem and it doesn't seem like this has been a thing since ArcGIS 8.x or is only a problem if you are trying to use a personal database from MS Access, which I am not.<BR />Using ArcGIS10.2.2</P><P style="min-height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</P><P style="min-height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</P><P>What is going on?</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 06 Nov 2014 23:04:37 GMT ReneeJutras 2014-11-06T23:04:37Z "Error setting the data source. General function failure" https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/quot-error-setting-the-data-source-general/m-p/164766#M9200 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I was editing the table of a gdb feature class in ArcCatalog when I started getting the message "General function failure" in response to deleting a field. <BR />I closed out and reopened and now the entire feature class has the red exclamation point, and when I try setting the data source, it gives me the error message "Error setting the data source. General function failure." <BR />I've searched for the problem and it doesn't seem like this has been a thing since ArcGIS 8.x or is only a problem if you are trying to use a personal database from MS Access, which I am not.<BR />Using ArcGIS10.2.2</P><P style="min-height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</P><P style="min-height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</P><P>What is going on?</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 06 Nov 2014 23:04:37 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/quot-error-setting-the-data-source-general/m-p/164766#M9200 ReneeJutras 2014-11-06T23:04:37Z Re: "Error setting the data source. General function failure" https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/quot-error-setting-the-data-source-general/m-p/164767#M9201 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>See also: <A href="https://community.esri.com/thread/106116">General Function failure when deleting fields from feature class in geodatabase</A> </P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 06 Nov 2014 23:39:35 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/quot-error-setting-the-data-source-general/m-p/164767#M9201 ReneeJutras 2014-11-06T23:39:35Z