topic Re: Pyton Window workspace path character limit? in Python Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/pyton-window-workspace-path-character-limit/m-p/651167#M50696 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote">Is there a limit to the number of characters in a workspace path when using the Pyton Window?<BR /><BR />This example from a tutorial works fine:<BR />&gt;&gt;&gt; mxd.replaceWorkspaces("D:\Student\PythonDesktop10_0\Data\Austin_test.gdb",<BR />"FILEGDB_WORKSPACE", <BR />"D:\Student\PythonDesktop10_0\Data\Westerville.gdb",<BR />"FILEGDB_WORKSPACE")<BR /><BR />But this does not:<BR />&gt;&gt;&gt; mxd.replaceWorkspaces("D:\Student\PythonDesktop10_0\Data\Westerville.gdb", <BR />"FILEGDB_WORKSPACE", <BR />"W:\AEP\127142_Opossum_Creek_Smith_Mtn\PER\Environmental\GIS\Data\temp\Austin_test.gdb",<BR />"FILEGDB_WORKSPACE")<BR /><BR />Runtime error &lt;type 'exceptions.ValueError'&gt;: MapDocObject: Unexpected error</BLOCKQUOTE><BR /><SPAN> </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>If those were the example paths given they are setting you up for failure. You bombed here </SPAN><STRONG>\temp</STRONG><BR /><SPAN>\t in a string is read as a tab. To avoid this issue use double \\, / or the easiest method in my opinion, the r tag before your string.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="plain" name="code">mxd.replaceWorkspaces(r"D:\Student\PythonDesktop10_0\Data\Westerville.gdb",&nbsp; "FILEGDB_WORKSPACE",&nbsp; r"W:\AEP\127142_Opossum_Creek_Smith_Mtn\PER\Environmental\GIS\Data\temp\Austin_test.gdb", "FILEGDB_WORKSPACE")</PRE><DIV style="display:none;"> </DIV><BR /><BR /><SPAN>You can read more about string literals, what they do and how to avoid them here.</SPAN><BR /><A class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://docs.python.org/reference/lexical_analysis.html#string-literals" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://docs.python.org/reference/lexical_analysis.html#string-literals</A></BODY></HTML> Wed, 26 Sep 2012 19:28:58 GMT MathewCoyle 2012-09-26T19:28:58Z Pyton Window workspace path character limit? https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/pyton-window-workspace-path-character-limit/m-p/651166#M50695 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Is there a limit to the number of characters in a workspace path when using the Pyton Window?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>This example from a tutorial works fine:</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&gt;&gt;&gt; mxd.replaceWorkspaces("D:\Student\PythonDesktop10_0\Data\Austin_test.gdb",</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>"FILEGDB_WORKSPACE", </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>"D:\Student\PythonDesktop10_0\Data\Westerville.gdb",</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>"FILEGDB_WORKSPACE")</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>But this does not:</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&gt;&gt;&gt; mxd.replaceWorkspaces("D:\Student\PythonDesktop10_0\Data\Westerville.gdb", </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>"FILEGDB_WORKSPACE", </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>"W:\AEP\127142_Opossum_Creek_Smith_Mtn\PER\Environmental\GIS\Data\temp\Austin_test.gdb",</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>"FILEGDB_WORKSPACE")</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Runtime error &lt;type 'exceptions.ValueError'&gt;: MapDocObject: Unexpected error</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 26 Sep 2012 19:17:01 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/pyton-window-workspace-path-character-limit/m-p/651166#M50695 AustinStreetman 2012-09-26T19:17:01Z Re: Pyton Window workspace path character limit? https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/pyton-window-workspace-path-character-limit/m-p/651167#M50696 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote">Is there a limit to the number of characters in a workspace path when using the Pyton Window?<BR /><BR />This example from a tutorial works fine:<BR />&gt;&gt;&gt; mxd.replaceWorkspaces("D:\Student\PythonDesktop10_0\Data\Austin_test.gdb",<BR />"FILEGDB_WORKSPACE", <BR />"D:\Student\PythonDesktop10_0\Data\Westerville.gdb",<BR />"FILEGDB_WORKSPACE")<BR /><BR />But this does not:<BR />&gt;&gt;&gt; mxd.replaceWorkspaces("D:\Student\PythonDesktop10_0\Data\Westerville.gdb", <BR />"FILEGDB_WORKSPACE", <BR />"W:\AEP\127142_Opossum_Creek_Smith_Mtn\PER\Environmental\GIS\Data\temp\Austin_test.gdb",<BR />"FILEGDB_WORKSPACE")<BR /><BR />Runtime error &lt;type 'exceptions.ValueError'&gt;: MapDocObject: Unexpected error</BLOCKQUOTE><BR /><SPAN> </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>If those were the example paths given they are setting you up for failure. You bombed here </SPAN><STRONG>\temp</STRONG><BR /><SPAN>\t in a string is read as a tab. To avoid this issue use double \\, / or the easiest method in my opinion, the r tag before your string.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="plain" name="code">mxd.replaceWorkspaces(r"D:\Student\PythonDesktop10_0\Data\Westerville.gdb",&nbsp; "FILEGDB_WORKSPACE",&nbsp; r"W:\AEP\127142_Opossum_Creek_Smith_Mtn\PER\Environmental\GIS\Data\temp\Austin_test.gdb", "FILEGDB_WORKSPACE")</PRE><DIV style="display:none;"> </DIV><BR /><BR /><SPAN>You can read more about string literals, what they do and how to avoid them here.</SPAN><BR /><A class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://docs.python.org/reference/lexical_analysis.html#string-literals" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://docs.python.org/reference/lexical_analysis.html#string-literals</A></BODY></HTML> Wed, 26 Sep 2012 19:28:58 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/pyton-window-workspace-path-character-limit/m-p/651167#M50696 MathewCoyle 2012-09-26T19:28:58Z