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How to delete all featuresclasses in a FeatureDataset using ArcPy??

JoshV — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 18:58:38 GMT

Does anyone have any sample code that will delete all featuresclasses in a featuredataset using arcpy? Many thanks for any help.

Regards,

Re: How to delete all featuresclasses in a FeatureDataset using ArcPy??

BradPosthumus — Sat, 11 Dec 2021 18:03:51 GMT

1. A feature dataset is also a workspace, so set your feature dataset as the environment workspace.
2. Iterate through each feature class in the workspace and delete it.

I don't have ArcGIS 10.0 but in 9.3 it looks like this:

import arcgisscripting
gp = arcgisscripting.create(9.3)
gp.workspace = r"C:\workspace\fileGeodatabase.gdb\featureDataset"
for objFeatureClass in gp.listfeatureclasses():
    gp.delete(objFeatureClass)

Try this in 10:

import arcpy
arcpy.env.workspace = r"C:\Temp\fileGeodatabase.gdb\featureDataset"
for objFeatureClass in arcpy.ListFeatureClasses():
    arcpy.Delete_management(objFeatureClass)

Re: How to delete all featuresclasses in a FeatureDataset using ArcPy??

JoshV — Sat, 11 Dec 2021 18:03:53 GMT

1. A feature dataset is also a workspace, so set your feature dataset as the environment workspace.
2. Iterate through each feature class in the workspace and delete it.

I don't have ArcGIS 10.0 but in 9.3 it looks like this:
import arcgisscripting
gp = arcgisscripting.create(9.3)
gp.workspace = r"C:\workspace\fileGeodatabase.gdb\featureDataset"
for objFeatureClass in gp.listfeatureclasses():
    gp.delete(objFeatureClass)
Try this in 10:
import arcpy
arcpy.env.workspace = r"C:\Temp\fileGeodatabase.gdb\featureDataset"
for objFeatureClass in arcpy.ListFeatureClasses():
    arcpy.Delete_management(objFeatureClass)

many thanks Brad