topic What does 'The user does not have permission to execute the operation. (-2147220987)' mean? in File Geodatabase API Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/file-geodatabase-api-questions/what-does-the-user-does-not-have-permission-to/m-p/272782#M447 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>The following error is thrown by the File Geodatabase API.</P><P></P><P>The user does not have permission to execute the operation. (-2147220987)</P><P></P><P>What does it mean?</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 09 Dec 2016 23:29:23 GMT PaulAustin1 2016-12-09T23:29:23Z What does 'The user does not have permission to execute the operation. (-2147220987)' mean? https://community.esri.com/t5/file-geodatabase-api-questions/what-does-the-user-does-not-have-permission-to/m-p/272782#M447 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>The following error is thrown by the File Geodatabase API.</P><P></P><P>The user does not have permission to execute the operation. (-2147220987)</P><P></P><P>What does it mean?</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 09 Dec 2016 23:29:23 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/file-geodatabase-api-questions/what-does-the-user-does-not-have-permission-to/m-p/272782#M447 PaulAustin1 2016-12-09T23:29:23Z Re: What does 'The user does not have permission to execute the operation. (-2147220987)' mean? https://community.esri.com/t5/file-geodatabase-api-questions/what-does-the-user-does-not-have-permission-to/m-p/272783#M448 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Found this on Google Search.</P><P><A class="link-titled" href="https://knowledge.safe.com/questions/3970/geodatabase-error-2147220987-the-user-does-not-hav.html" title="https://knowledge.safe.com/questions/3970/geodatabase-error-2147220987-the-user-does-not-hav.html">Geodatabase Error (-2147220987): The user does not have permission to execute the operation. - FME Knowledge Center</A>&nbsp;</P><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive_macro_quote jive-quote jive_text_macro"><SPAN style="color: #000000; background-color: #dff0d8;">What writer are you using? (SDE30 or SDEGeodatabase - I think) there are two. Try switching the writer</SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Related issue?</P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 10 Dec 2016 06:15:08 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/file-geodatabase-api-questions/what-does-the-user-does-not-have-permission-to/m-p/272783#M448 JayantaPoddar 2016-12-10T06:15:08Z Re: What does 'The user does not have permission to execute the operation. (-2147220987)' mean? https://community.esri.com/t5/file-geodatabase-api-questions/what-does-the-user-does-not-have-permission-to/m-p/272784#M449 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><A _jive_internal="true" class="" data-objectid="2144" data-objecttype="14" href="https://community.esri.com/community/developers/gis-developers/file-geodatabase-api" style="color: inherit; border: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 14px;">File Geodatabase API</A>&nbsp;(as tagged in the post). Version 1.4.</P><P></P><P>Switching to another writer is not a option.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 12 Dec 2016 23:13:32 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/file-geodatabase-api-questions/what-does-the-user-does-not-have-permission-to/m-p/272784#M449 PaulAustin1 2016-12-12T23:13:32Z Re: What does 'The user does not have permission to execute the operation. (-2147220987)' mean? https://community.esri.com/t5/file-geodatabase-api-questions/what-does-the-user-does-not-have-permission-to/m-p/272785#M450 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Interpreting the error code would be easier if you shared what you are doing when the code is generated, especially if you can provide any code.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 13 Dec 2016 01:28:00 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/file-geodatabase-api-questions/what-does-the-user-does-not-have-permission-to/m-p/272785#M450 JoshuaBixby 2016-12-13T01:28:00Z Re: What does 'The user does not have permission to execute the operation. (-2147220987)' mean? https://community.esri.com/t5/file-geodatabase-api-questions/what-does-the-user-does-not-have-permission-to/m-p/272786#M451 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>It's hard to know exactly as my application uses multiple threads. Yes I know the FGDB sucks with threads. Yes I have appropriate synchronization blocks.</P><P></P><P>I was hoping someone from ESRI would be able to say something like:</P><P></P><P>"We throw that exception when the underlying file geodatabase has been modified and a query tries to read from it".</P><P></P><P>It's very hard to debug proprietary code without stack traces and source code.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 13 Dec 2016 23:15:54 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/file-geodatabase-api-questions/what-does-the-user-does-not-have-permission-to/m-p/272786#M451 PaulAustin1 2016-12-13T23:15:54Z