topic SDE Shape -&amp;gt; FGDB Shape using ByteArray in File Geodatabase API Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/file-geodatabase-api-questions/sde-shape-amp-gt-fgdb-shape-using-bytearray/m-p/628673#M1016 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Is is possible to use the ByteArray class to populate a SHAPE column using a Byte[] obtained from an SDE SHAPE column using the st_asbinary function?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>What I would like to do is fetch a feature from an SDE db (using SQL) and then write that feature into a FGDB, but I'd like to see if I can use the ByteArray class or something similar.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I can't find anything in the way of examples or even good documentation on use of the ByteArray so I'd be interested in hearing from peoples' different experiences with it.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Regards!</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 18 Jul 2013 22:18:20 GMT CharlesTilly 2013-07-18T22:18:20Z SDE Shape -&gt; FGDB Shape using ByteArray https://community.esri.com/t5/file-geodatabase-api-questions/sde-shape-amp-gt-fgdb-shape-using-bytearray/m-p/628673#M1016 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Is is possible to use the ByteArray class to populate a SHAPE column using a Byte[] obtained from an SDE SHAPE column using the st_asbinary function?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>What I would like to do is fetch a feature from an SDE db (using SQL) and then write that feature into a FGDB, but I'd like to see if I can use the ByteArray class or something similar.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I can't find anything in the way of examples or even good documentation on use of the ByteArray so I'd be interested in hearing from peoples' different experiences with it.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Regards!</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 18 Jul 2013 22:18:20 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/file-geodatabase-api-questions/sde-shape-amp-gt-fgdb-shape-using-bytearray/m-p/628673#M1016 CharlesTilly 2013-07-18T22:18:20Z Re: SDE Shape -> FGDB Shape using ByteArray https://community.esri.com/t5/file-geodatabase-api-questions/sde-shape-amp-gt-fgdb-shape-using-bytearray/m-p/628674#M1017 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>When you want to insert or update a shape column using the FileGDB API, you must use one of the ShapeBuffer helper classes when you call the Row::SetGeometry function.&nbsp; You should not use the ByteArray class.&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>We ship sample programs which illustrate the use of the several of the ShapeBuffer derived classes.&nbsp; There is also extensive documentation of the shape buffer format included with the API.&nbsp; It is critically important that you understand the shape buffer format.&nbsp; This is essentially the same format as the shape buffers used in shape files, but with some Geodatabase extensions (e.g., curves, multipatches, etc.).</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>The API does not provide a way to directly use or convert other shape buffer formats to that which is required by the API.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 19 Jul 2013 16:20:11 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/file-geodatabase-api-questions/sde-shape-amp-gt-fgdb-shape-using-bytearray/m-p/628674#M1017 DavidSousa 2013-07-19T16:20:11Z Re: SDE Shape -> FGDB Shape using ByteArray https://community.esri.com/t5/file-geodatabase-api-questions/sde-shape-amp-gt-fgdb-shape-using-bytearray/m-p/628675#M1018 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Thanks David.&nbsp; I'm using the ShapeBuffer classes already but the ByteArray just seems so appealing because it looks like it would be a nice way to quickly move data from SDE to FGDB without the overhead of deconstructing the geometry and then reconstructing it prior to inserting it.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 19 Jul 2013 18:35:48 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/file-geodatabase-api-questions/sde-shape-amp-gt-fgdb-shape-using-bytearray/m-p/628675#M1018 CharlesTilly 2013-07-19T18:35:48Z