topic Save To Layer File Documentation error in Python Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/save-to-layer-file-documentation-error/m-p/518094#M40593 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>There is an error in the documentation for </SPAN><A class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#//001700000070000000" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Save To Layer File (Data Management)</A><SPAN>:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>The stand-alone Python script has the following offending code:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="plain" name="code">where_clause = '"NAME" = 'LA MESA''</PRE><DIV style="display:none;"> </DIV><BR /><BR /><SPAN>This is a syntax error. The correct syntax is:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="plain" name="code">where_clause = '"NAME" = \'LA MESA\''</PRE><DIV style="display:none;"> </DIV><BR /><BR /><SPAN>As defined in the 'where_clause' documentation in </SPAN><A class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#//00170000006p000000" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Make Feature Layer</A><SPAN>.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 14 May 2012 10:18:39 GMT CyrilleMedard_de_Chardon 2012-05-14T10:18:39Z Save To Layer File Documentation error https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/save-to-layer-file-documentation-error/m-p/518094#M40593 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>There is an error in the documentation for </SPAN><A class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#//001700000070000000" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Save To Layer File (Data Management)</A><SPAN>:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>The stand-alone Python script has the following offending code:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="plain" name="code">where_clause = '"NAME" = 'LA MESA''</PRE><DIV style="display:none;"> </DIV><BR /><BR /><SPAN>This is a syntax error. The correct syntax is:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="plain" name="code">where_clause = '"NAME" = \'LA MESA\''</PRE><DIV style="display:none;"> </DIV><BR /><BR /><SPAN>As defined in the 'where_clause' documentation in </SPAN><A class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#//00170000006p000000" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Make Feature Layer</A><SPAN>.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 14 May 2012 10:18:39 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/save-to-layer-file-documentation-error/m-p/518094#M40593 CyrilleMedard_de_Chardon 2012-05-14T10:18:39Z Re: Save To Layer File Documentation error https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/save-to-layer-file-documentation-error/m-p/518095#M40594 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Thank-you for reporting this.&nbsp; We already had corrected it for 10.1 but will get it into the 10.0 web help.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Jeff</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 15 May 2012 15:49:56 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/save-to-layer-file-documentation-error/m-p/518095#M40594 JeffBarrette 2012-05-15T15:49:56Z