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    <title>topic Arcpy - append to GDB in Python Questions</title>
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    <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Dear all,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I am using ArcMap 10.7.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I am appending successfuly features from one GDB to another GDB, after updating two fields in the original gdb. (1) However, I want to change it.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I want to do the append these features from one GDB to another, and than I want to update the fields of these features in the destination GDB (2). No idea on how to do this. I put the code of the (1) but I need something for the (2)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Anyone can suggest something.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Cheers&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;P&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;PRE class="lia-code-sample line-numbers language-none"&gt;&lt;CODE&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;…&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;)&lt;/SPAN&gt;
            &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;for&lt;/SPAN&gt; fc &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;in&lt;/SPAN&gt; fcs&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;:&lt;/SPAN&gt;
                count&lt;SPAN class="operator token"&gt;=&lt;/SPAN&gt;count_records&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;fc&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;)&lt;/SPAN&gt;   &lt;SPAN class="comment token"&gt;# counts the features within each FC&lt;/SPAN&gt;
                &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;if&lt;/SPAN&gt; count&lt;SPAN class="operator token"&gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="string token"&gt;"0"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;:&lt;/SPAN&gt;     &lt;SPAN class="comment token"&gt;# only feature classes with features&lt;/SPAN&gt;
                    arcpy&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;AddMessage&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;fc&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;)&lt;/SPAN&gt;
                    &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;print&lt;/SPAN&gt; fc
                    &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;with&lt;/SPAN&gt; arcpy&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;da&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;UpdateCursor&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;fc&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;,&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;[&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="string token"&gt;"DATE_1"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;]&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;)&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;as&lt;/SPAN&gt; cur &lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;:&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="comment token"&gt;## rewrite the date in the field&lt;/SPAN&gt;
                        &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;for&lt;/SPAN&gt; row &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;in&lt;/SPAN&gt; cur&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;:&lt;/SPAN&gt;
                            row&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;[&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="number token"&gt;0&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;]&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="operator token"&gt;=&lt;/SPAN&gt;date
                            cur&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;updateRow&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;row&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;)&lt;/SPAN&gt;
                    &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;del&lt;/SPAN&gt; row
                    &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;with&lt;/SPAN&gt; arcpy&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;da&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;UpdateCursor&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;fc&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;,&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;[&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="string token"&gt;"PED"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;]&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;)&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;as&lt;/SPAN&gt; cursor_Name&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;:&lt;/SPAN&gt;      &lt;SPAN class="comment token"&gt;#update the Issue_Name field in the Feature classes that have features, with the latest date&lt;/SPAN&gt;
                        &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;print&lt;/SPAN&gt; issue_code
                        &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;for&lt;/SPAN&gt; prow &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;in&lt;/SPAN&gt; cursor_Name&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;:&lt;/SPAN&gt;
                            prow&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;[&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="number token"&gt;0&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;]&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="operator token"&gt;=&lt;/SPAN&gt;issue_code
                            cursor_Name&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;updateRow&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;prow&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;)&lt;/SPAN&gt;
                    &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;del&lt;/SPAN&gt; prow
                    targetfc &lt;SPAN class="operator token"&gt;=&lt;/SPAN&gt; GDBDwgs &lt;SPAN class="operator token"&gt;+&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="string token"&gt;"\\"&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="operator token"&gt;+&lt;/SPAN&gt; fc
                    &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;print&lt;/SPAN&gt; targetfc
                    &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;try&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;:&lt;/SPAN&gt;
                        arcpy&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;Append_management&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;fc&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;,&lt;/SPAN&gt;targetfc&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;,&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="string token"&gt;"NO_TEST"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;,&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="string token"&gt;""&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;,&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="string token"&gt;""&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;)&lt;/SPAN&gt;
                    &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;except&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;:&lt;/SPAN&gt;
                        &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;print&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="string token"&gt;"something went wrong"&lt;/SPAN&gt;
                    &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;del&lt;/SPAN&gt; cur
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    <pubDate>Sat, 11 Dec 2021 16:59:44 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>PSGeo</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2021-12-11T16:59:44Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Arcpy - append to GDB</title>
      <link>https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/arcpy-append-to-gdb/m-p/365528#M28857</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Dear all,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I am using ArcMap 10.7.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I am appending successfuly features from one GDB to another GDB, after updating two fields in the original gdb. (1) However, I want to change it.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I want to do the append these features from one GDB to another, and than I want to update the fields of these features in the destination GDB (2). No idea on how to do this. I put the code of the (1) but I need something for the (2)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Anyone can suggest something.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Cheers&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;P&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;PRE class="lia-code-sample line-numbers language-none"&gt;&lt;CODE&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;…&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;)&lt;/SPAN&gt;
            &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;for&lt;/SPAN&gt; fc &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;in&lt;/SPAN&gt; fcs&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;:&lt;/SPAN&gt;
                count&lt;SPAN class="operator token"&gt;=&lt;/SPAN&gt;count_records&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;fc&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;)&lt;/SPAN&gt;   &lt;SPAN class="comment token"&gt;# counts the features within each FC&lt;/SPAN&gt;
                &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;if&lt;/SPAN&gt; count&lt;SPAN class="operator token"&gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="string token"&gt;"0"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;:&lt;/SPAN&gt;     &lt;SPAN class="comment token"&gt;# only feature classes with features&lt;/SPAN&gt;
                    arcpy&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;AddMessage&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;fc&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;)&lt;/SPAN&gt;
                    &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;print&lt;/SPAN&gt; fc
                    &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;with&lt;/SPAN&gt; arcpy&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;da&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;UpdateCursor&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;fc&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;,&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;[&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="string token"&gt;"DATE_1"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;]&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;)&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;as&lt;/SPAN&gt; cur &lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;:&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="comment token"&gt;## rewrite the date in the field&lt;/SPAN&gt;
                        &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;for&lt;/SPAN&gt; row &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;in&lt;/SPAN&gt; cur&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;:&lt;/SPAN&gt;
                            row&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;[&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="number token"&gt;0&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;]&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="operator token"&gt;=&lt;/SPAN&gt;date
                            cur&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;updateRow&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;row&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;)&lt;/SPAN&gt;
                    &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;del&lt;/SPAN&gt; row
                    &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;with&lt;/SPAN&gt; arcpy&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;da&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;UpdateCursor&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;fc&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;,&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;[&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="string token"&gt;"PED"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;]&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;)&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;as&lt;/SPAN&gt; cursor_Name&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;:&lt;/SPAN&gt;      &lt;SPAN class="comment token"&gt;#update the Issue_Name field in the Feature classes that have features, with the latest date&lt;/SPAN&gt;
                        &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;print&lt;/SPAN&gt; issue_code
                        &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;for&lt;/SPAN&gt; prow &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;in&lt;/SPAN&gt; cursor_Name&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;:&lt;/SPAN&gt;
                            prow&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;[&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="number token"&gt;0&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;]&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="operator token"&gt;=&lt;/SPAN&gt;issue_code
                            cursor_Name&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;updateRow&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;prow&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;)&lt;/SPAN&gt;
                    &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;del&lt;/SPAN&gt; prow
                    targetfc &lt;SPAN class="operator token"&gt;=&lt;/SPAN&gt; GDBDwgs &lt;SPAN class="operator token"&gt;+&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="string token"&gt;"\\"&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="operator token"&gt;+&lt;/SPAN&gt; fc
                    &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;print&lt;/SPAN&gt; targetfc
                    &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;try&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;:&lt;/SPAN&gt;
                        arcpy&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;Append_management&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;fc&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;,&lt;/SPAN&gt;targetfc&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;,&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="string token"&gt;"NO_TEST"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;,&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="string token"&gt;""&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;,&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="string token"&gt;""&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;)&lt;/SPAN&gt;
                    &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;except&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;:&lt;/SPAN&gt;
                        &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;print&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="string token"&gt;"something went wrong"&lt;/SPAN&gt;
                    &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;del&lt;/SPAN&gt; cur
&lt;SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/CODE&gt;&lt;/PRE&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 11 Dec 2021 16:59:44 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/arcpy-append-to-gdb/m-p/365528#M28857</guid>
      <dc:creator>PSGeo</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2021-12-11T16:59:44Z</dc:date>
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