topic Secret to edit.stopEditing(True) in Python Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/secret-to-edit-stopediting-true/m-p/248299#M19199 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Can someone please inform us/me on why the edit.stopEditing(True) method does not work?&nbsp; I have been using it in a Python add-in with a da.UpdateCursor.&nbsp; edit.isEditing prints True but when the script reaches edit.stopEditing(True), an exception is thrown and the e.message reads "Start Edit Session".&nbsp; My solution is to comment out edit.stopEditing.&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I am at a dead end with this and after reading about versioned geodatabase states I have a feeling that they are related.&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 21 Apr 2014 12:20:54 GMT RichardHughes3 2014-04-21T12:20:54Z Secret to edit.stopEditing(True) https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/secret-to-edit-stopediting-true/m-p/248299#M19199 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Can someone please inform us/me on why the edit.stopEditing(True) method does not work?&nbsp; I have been using it in a Python add-in with a da.UpdateCursor.&nbsp; edit.isEditing prints True but when the script reaches edit.stopEditing(True), an exception is thrown and the e.message reads "Start Edit Session".&nbsp; My solution is to comment out edit.stopEditing.&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I am at a dead end with this and after reading about versioned geodatabase states I have a feeling that they are related.&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 21 Apr 2014 12:20:54 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/secret-to-edit-stopediting-true/m-p/248299#M19199 RichardHughes3 2014-04-21T12:20:54Z Re: Secret to edit.stopEditing(True) https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/secret-to-edit-stopediting-true/m-p/248300#M19200 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>You will probably have to post up your code to get any answer with precision.&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>In the meantime, how close are you to the work examples here: </SPAN><A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#//018w00000005000000">http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#//018w00000005000000</A></BODY></HTML> Mon, 21 Apr 2014 12:26:39 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/secret-to-edit-stopediting-true/m-p/248300#M19200 JamesCrandall 2014-04-21T12:26:39Z