topic Runtime error adding tables to field mapping in Python Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/runtime-error-adding-tables-to-field-mapping/m-p/380645#M30001 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I am not sure what I am doing wrong here. Any suggestions??</SPAN><BR /><PRE class="plain" name="code">import arcpy targetFeatures = "W:\ENG\Geomatics\GIS\Map &amp; Data Requests\Contracts\Maintenance\Culverts\Data\Culvert Utilities\Culvert_subset.shp" joinFeatures = "W:\ENG\Geomatics\GIS\Map &amp; Data Requests\Contracts\Maintenance\Culverts\Data\Culvert Utilities\5yrContract_subset.shp" outfc = "W:\ENG\Geomatics\GIS\Map &amp; Data Requests\Contracts\Maintenance\Culverts\Data\Culvert Utilities\Culvert_5YCP.shp" fms = arcpy.FieldMappings() fieldmappings.addTable(targetFeatures) fieldmappings.addTable(joinFeatures)</PRE><DIV style="display:none;"> </DIV></BODY></HTML> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 12:30:42 GMT EmilyAgar1 2013-01-14T12:30:42Z Runtime error adding tables to field mapping https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/runtime-error-adding-tables-to-field-mapping/m-p/380645#M30001 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I am not sure what I am doing wrong here. Any suggestions??</SPAN><BR /><PRE class="plain" name="code">import arcpy targetFeatures = "W:\ENG\Geomatics\GIS\Map &amp; Data Requests\Contracts\Maintenance\Culverts\Data\Culvert Utilities\Culvert_subset.shp" joinFeatures = "W:\ENG\Geomatics\GIS\Map &amp; Data Requests\Contracts\Maintenance\Culverts\Data\Culvert Utilities\5yrContract_subset.shp" outfc = "W:\ENG\Geomatics\GIS\Map &amp; Data Requests\Contracts\Maintenance\Culverts\Data\Culvert Utilities\Culvert_5YCP.shp" fms = arcpy.FieldMappings() fieldmappings.addTable(targetFeatures) fieldmappings.addTable(joinFeatures)</PRE><DIV style="display:none;"> </DIV></BODY></HTML> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 12:30:42 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/runtime-error-adding-tables-to-field-mapping/m-p/380645#M30001 EmilyAgar1 2013-01-14T12:30:42Z Re: Runtime error adding tables to field mapping https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/runtime-error-adding-tables-to-field-mapping/m-p/380646#M30002 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Start by replacing your paths with something like r"W:/this/is my/path" or "W:\\this\\is my\\path". The format you're using is not compatible with Python.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 21:40:25 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/runtime-error-adding-tables-to-field-mapping/m-p/380646#M30002 JuanOrozco 2013-01-14T21:40:25Z