topic Re: ListTables does not work... in Python Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/listtables-does-not-work/m-p/450614#M35315 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Try using the </SPAN><A class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/index.html#//00170000017p000000" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Recover File Geodatabase</A><SPAN> tool, and then see if you can run the arcpy.ListTables function on the recovered FGD.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 20 Aug 2013 12:47:39 GMT JakeSkinner 2013-08-20T12:47:39Z ListTables does not work... https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/listtables-does-not-work/m-p/450611#M35312 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I am working with ArcGIS 10.1 SP1 and I try to list tables from within a file geodatabase. </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>I set the workspace to the specific geodatabase and write:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="plain" name="code">lstTables = arcpy.ListTables() len(lstTables)</PRE><BR /><BR /><SPAN>The result of this is an empty list. I can reproduce this using external scripts, and when using the Python window within ArcMap or ArcCatalog. I can see all the tables in ArcCatalog and I can have a preview of them... However, to list them is impossible.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>it is also impossible to copy them into another FGDB. The attempt to copy the tables ends in crashing ArcMap or ArcCatalog.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>When I try to list all the feature classes in the same FGDB then I have no problem and I get the correct result.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Any solution for this problem?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Bests Tom</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 20 Aug 2013 12:13:11 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/listtables-does-not-work/m-p/450611#M35312 TomGeo 2013-08-20T12:13:11Z Re: ListTables does not work... https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/listtables-does-not-work/m-p/450612#M35313 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Ghost tables? Spooky.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Can you load them into ArcMap? ... and potentailly save as from there?</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Can you find their properties with arcpy.describe()?</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>What does arcpy.Exist() say?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Have you tried accessing them from a stand-alone python script (not in a python window)?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 20 Aug 2013 12:24:41 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/listtables-does-not-work/m-p/450612#M35313 markdenil 2013-08-20T12:24:41Z Re: ListTables does not work... https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/listtables-does-not-work/m-p/450613#M35314 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi Mark,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><UL><BR /><LI>yes, I can load them into ArcMap and also open them.</LI><BR /><LI>yes, I can access their properties using arcpy.Describe()</LI><BR /><BR /><PRE class="lia-code-sample line-numbers language-none">t1 = "path/to/fgdb/and/table" desc = arcpy.Describe(t1) print desc.DataType</PRE><BR /><BR />results in u'Table'<BR /><BR /><LI>arcpy.Exists(t1) comes back with True</LI><BR /><LI>yes, I also did try to access them from a stand-alone script</LI><BR /><LI>I also did try to get the tables via arcpy.da.Walk, but there was nothing to append to a previous created list. </LI><BR /></UL><BR /><SPAN>Tom</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Sat, 11 Dec 2021 20:07:11 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/listtables-does-not-work/m-p/450613#M35314 TomGeo 2021-12-11T20:07:11Z Re: ListTables does not work... https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/listtables-does-not-work/m-p/450614#M35315 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Try using the </SPAN><A class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/index.html#//00170000017p000000" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Recover File Geodatabase</A><SPAN> tool, and then see if you can run the arcpy.ListTables function on the recovered FGD.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 20 Aug 2013 12:47:39 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/listtables-does-not-work/m-p/450614#M35315 JakeSkinner 2013-08-20T12:47:39Z Re: ListTables does not work... https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/listtables-does-not-work/m-p/450615#M35316 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Thanks Jake,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>that worked. Does the company know why that can happen? Will ArcGIS 10.2 overcome the problem?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Cheers Tom</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 20 Aug 2013 13:14:45 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/listtables-does-not-work/m-p/450615#M35316 TomGeo 2013-08-20T13:14:45Z Re: ListTables does not work... https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/listtables-does-not-work/m-p/450616#M35317 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Tom,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Most common cause of something like this is when someone deletes one or more files from the FGDB using windows (not ArcCatalog).</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>R_</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 20 Aug 2013 14:58:22 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/listtables-does-not-work/m-p/450616#M35317 RhettZufelt 2013-08-20T14:58:22Z