topic General Function Failure and Out of Memory Error Messages in Geoprocessing Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/general-function-failure-and-out-of-memory-error/m-p/544019#M18090 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I've been having issues in ArcMap 10.6 with attempting to export a layer as a shapefile but the "Out of memory [GDB_items]" message appears and when I try to follow through, I can't export the layer as the shapefile.&nbsp;</P><P></P><P>In addition, one of my geodatabases in which I have stored most of my files for ArcMap gives me two messages now every time I want to access a file within it, either giving me "General Function Failure [GDB_items]" or "Out of memory [GDB_Items]". I'm a novice when it comes to this program so I don't know what to do to try and resolve this issue. If anyone know how to resolve this issue please let me know.</P><P></P><P>Thanks!</P><P></P><P>Nick</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 21 Feb 2019 17:49:24 GMT NicholasDirienzo 2019-02-21T17:49:24Z General Function Failure and Out of Memory Error Messages https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/general-function-failure-and-out-of-memory-error/m-p/544019#M18090 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I've been having issues in ArcMap 10.6 with attempting to export a layer as a shapefile but the "Out of memory [GDB_items]" message appears and when I try to follow through, I can't export the layer as the shapefile.&nbsp;</P><P></P><P>In addition, one of my geodatabases in which I have stored most of my files for ArcMap gives me two messages now every time I want to access a file within it, either giving me "General Function Failure [GDB_items]" or "Out of memory [GDB_Items]". I'm a novice when it comes to this program so I don't know what to do to try and resolve this issue. If anyone know how to resolve this issue please let me know.</P><P></P><P>Thanks!</P><P></P><P>Nick</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 21 Feb 2019 17:49:24 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/general-function-failure-and-out-of-memory-error/m-p/544019#M18090 NicholasDirienzo 2019-02-21T17:49:24Z Re: General Function Failure and Out of Memory Error Messages https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/general-function-failure-and-out-of-memory-error/m-p/544020#M18091 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>How big is the dataset you are exporting to a shapefile, that format has a 2GB limit?</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 26 Feb 2019 15:57:39 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/general-function-failure-and-out-of-memory-error/m-p/544020#M18091 DuncanHornby 2019-02-26T15:57:39Z