topic Why does it think I'm not in an edit session? in Python Questions

Why does it think I'm not in an edit session?

Anonymous User — Wed, 14 Dec 2016 17:30:42 GMT

I'm getting this:

Runtime error
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 3, in <module>
RuntimeError: Objects in this class cannot be updated outside an edit session [GDB_AGR_SECURE.AGR_ADMIN.ApiariesWGS_20160927]

When I run this:

I'm trying to update the point locations based on attributes.

Thanks in advance.

Re: Why does it think I'm not in an edit session?

MitchHolley1 — Wed, 14 Dec 2016 17:35:45 GMT

Have you tried setting the env workspace? Current Workspace (Environment setting)—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop

Right now, your 'workspace' is just a variable. It's not setting the arcpy.env.workspace. Also, that workspace is pointing to 'C:\Users\joanna.grossman\AppDate\Roaming\ESRI\Desktop10.4\ArcCatalog'... which I'm pretty sure isn't correct.

Re: Why does it think I'm not in an edit session?

Anonymous User — Wed, 14 Dec 2016 17:50:39 GMT

I'm doing that i lines 5-7. =(

Re: Why does it think I'm not in an edit session?

Anonymous User — Wed, 14 Dec 2016 17:51:31 GMT

hmmm. Seems consistent with examples I've seen, but I'll take a look. Thx.

Re: Why does it think I'm not in an edit session?

Anonymous User — Wed, 14 Dec 2016 17:57:44 GMT

ok, so I added arcpy.env.workspace = filepath, just for the heck of it and got the same error. Also, just FYI, that connection path is correct...Thanks, tho.

Re: Why does it think I'm not in an edit session?

MitchHolley1 — Sat, 11 Dec 2021 19:33:20 GMT

Does it look something like this?

filepath = r'path to the .sde'
arcpy.env.workspace = filepath

edit = ‍‍‍‍arcpy.da.Editor(filepath)‍‍‍‍

Re: Why does it think I'm not in an edit session?

JoshuaBixby — Wed, 14 Dec 2016 18:13:48 GMT

Try changing line 10 to:

edit = arcpy.da.Editor(filepath)‍

Line 07 is unnecessary. Furthermore, you need to pass the full path to the workspace, which is an SDE connection file in this case, and not the directory that contains the workspace.

Re: Why does it think I'm not in an edit session?

Anonymous User — Wed, 14 Dec 2016 18:15:39 GMT

aha. It didn't exactly, but I switched to your template and it stopped doing the edit sesh error. It moved onto "RuntimeError: The version of your database server is not supported." So, now I have another fish to fry. Thanks for your help!

Re: Why does it think I'm not in an edit session?

Anonymous User — Wed, 14 Dec 2016 18:16:15 GMT

yep, just got there. Thank you!