topic Re: Invalid file geodatabase release. in Geodatabase Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/geodatabase-questions/invalid-file-geodatabase-release/m-p/813437#M3343 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>great work, thx. This worked for me</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 17 Oct 2018 11:27:46 GMT MarinProdan 2018-10-17T11:27:46Z Invalid file geodatabase release. https://community.esri.com/t5/geodatabase-questions/invalid-file-geodatabase-release/m-p/813435#M3341 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>After I used ArcGIS pro to open a file geodatabase that I created in ArcGIS 10.2.2 ( ! ) I can no longer open it in either version, and I get the message:Failed to connect to database. This release of the geodatabase is either invalid or out of data. [Invalid geodatabase release]</P><P></P><P>Is there something I can do to be able to open this geodatabase in either version?</P><P></P><P>Thanks. Lots of work in that geodatabase....</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 12 Oct 2017 19:43:12 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geodatabase-questions/invalid-file-geodatabase-release/m-p/813435#M3341 MaiaPeck 2017-10-12T19:43:12Z Re: Invalid file geodatabase release. https://community.esri.com/t5/geodatabase-questions/invalid-file-geodatabase-release/m-p/813436#M3342 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Maia, have you tried this tool?</P><P></P><P><A class="link-bare" href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/#/Recover_File_Geodatabase/00170000017p000000/" title="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/#/Recover_File_Geodatabase/00170000017p000000/">http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/#/Recover_File_Geodatabase/00170000017p000000/</A>&nbsp;</P><P></P><P>I would make a copy of your File GDB and test it against the copy, it looks like there could be some limitations: "The Recover File Geodatabase tool can only recover simple feature classes and tables. Complex data and relationships will not be recovered."</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 13 Oct 2017 21:28:21 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geodatabase-questions/invalid-file-geodatabase-release/m-p/813436#M3342 JamesMacKay3 2017-10-13T21:28:21Z Re: Invalid file geodatabase release. https://community.esri.com/t5/geodatabase-questions/invalid-file-geodatabase-release/m-p/813437#M3343 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>great work, thx. This worked for me</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 17 Oct 2018 11:27:46 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geodatabase-questions/invalid-file-geodatabase-release/m-p/813437#M3343 MarinProdan 2018-10-17T11:27:46Z