topic Re: What is the python command for deleting a GlobalID-based relationship class? in Python Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/what-is-the-python-command-for-deleting-a-globalid/m-p/299985#M23226 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>There is no tool in the <A href="http://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/arcpy/main/arcgis-pro-arcpy-reference.htm"><STRONG>arcpy tre</STRONG></A>e in Pro or *Map.</P><P>If there is a tool that you use to do this in ArcToolbox, then check the code example for it.&nbsp; I suspect that there are a number of things that need to be done before locks are released on any file and they may not involve functionality that isn't available as a tool or an arcpy function</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 01 Nov 2017 17:44:45 GMT DanPatterson_Retired 2017-11-01T17:44:45Z What is the python command for deleting a GlobalID-based relationship class? https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/what-is-the-python-command-for-deleting-a-globalid/m-p/299984#M23225 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I&nbsp;have two feature classes (wControlValve and wBlowOff) that I need to drop and recreate weekly (part of a migration of data from Smallworld to ESRI). Once they're recreated, I create an ObjectID-based relationship class which I then migrate to a GlobalID-based relationship class. I successfully created it once. The problem is I can't delete it in order to recreate it every week!&nbsp; I've tried right-clicking it and choosing "Delete" which always appears to be successful - at first - but then when I refresh, the relationship class is still there.&nbsp; I also haven't been able to delete it via python (which is actually how I need to accomplish it). I've tried when everyone is off but me (as sde - see attachment), but still get the lock message. Any ideas?</P><P style="padding: 0px; min-height: 8pt;">&nbsp;</P><P>&gt;&gt;&gt; arcpy.env.workspace = "Database Connections/aoprod-sde.sde"</P><P>&gt;&gt;&gt; arcpy.Exists('gis.sde.wControlValve_wBlowOff')</P><P>True</P><P>&gt;&gt;&gt; arcpy.Delete_management('gis.sde.wControlValve_wBlowOff')</P><P>Runtime error Traceback (most recent call last): File "&lt;string&gt;", line 1, in &lt;module&gt; File "c:\program files (x86)\arcgis\desktop10.5\arcpy\arcpy\management.py", line 4341, in Delete raise e ExecuteError: ERROR 000601: Cannot delete Database Connections/aoprod-sde.sde\gis.sde.wControlValve_wBlowOff. May be locked by another application. Failed to execute (Delete).</P><P>&gt;&gt;&gt;</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 01 Nov 2017 17:11:59 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/what-is-the-python-command-for-deleting-a-globalid/m-p/299984#M23225 AngelaDeegan1 2017-11-01T17:11:59Z Re: What is the python command for deleting a GlobalID-based relationship class? https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/what-is-the-python-command-for-deleting-a-globalid/m-p/299985#M23226 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>There is no tool in the <A href="http://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/arcpy/main/arcgis-pro-arcpy-reference.htm"><STRONG>arcpy tre</STRONG></A>e in Pro or *Map.</P><P>If there is a tool that you use to do this in ArcToolbox, then check the code example for it.&nbsp; I suspect that there are a number of things that need to be done before locks are released on any file and they may not involve functionality that isn't available as a tool or an arcpy function</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 01 Nov 2017 17:44:45 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/what-is-the-python-command-for-deleting-a-globalid/m-p/299985#M23226 DanPatterson_Retired 2017-11-01T17:44:45Z