topic Save path to gdb from GetParameterAsText in Python Snippets Questions

Save path to gdb from GetParameterAsText

Nicole_Ueberschär — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 10:04:51 GMT

I wrote a tool script using python that collects a couple of feature classes (from different Feature data sets in the same gdb) as several GetParameterAsText.

When I now want to start editing I figured out that it requires to address the gdb and not the Feature data set (or the feature class). But all methods I found until now refer to the feature data set.

os.path.split(_polygonfeature)[0]
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os.path.dirname(_polygonfeature)‍

Isn't there a way to call the gdb that contains the feature class/feature data set?

Thanks in advance!

Re: Save path to gdb from GetParameterAsText

KevinDunlop — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 10:04:54 GMT

I believe there is arcpy method that does this but an easy way is to search the string for the .gdb.

strTest = r"C:\WorkDoc\Default.gdb\myDataset\myFeatureClass"
pathGDB = strTest[:strTest.index('.gdb')+4]‍‍
print pathGDB‍‍‍‍‍‍

Re: Save path to gdb from GetParameterAsText

Nicole_Ueberschär — Thu, 19 Oct 2017 09:44:37 GMT

Thanks Kevin, this is at least a solution.

I still also believe that there must be an arcpy method...

Re: Save path to gdb from GetParameterAsText

DanPatterson_Retired — Thu, 19 Oct 2017 12:16:16 GMT

catalogPath

Re: Save path to gdb from GetParameterAsText

Nicole_Ueberschär — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 07:04:32 GMT

Thanks for the hint Dan, but for me the catalogPath gives the full path to the feature class and not only the gdb.

Also baseName is giving the feature class (without the path).

Re: Save path to gdb from GetParameterAsText

DanPatterson_Retired — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 10:04:56 GMT

Slice and splice...

cp = r"C:\Git_Dan\a_Data\testdata.gdb\square2"  # ---- catalogPath result -----

to_cp = "\\".join(cp.split(".")[0].split("\\")[:-1])  #---- split, slice, split, slice

to_cp
'C:\\Git_Dan\\a_Data'‍‍‍‍‍‍

Re: Save path to gdb from GetParameterAsText

Nicole_Ueberschär — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 08:14:58 GMT

Yes, that goes in the same direction as Kevin's solution. I still think there must be a property somewhere storing the gdb automatically...

Re: Save path to gdb from GetParameterAsText

DanPatterson_Retired — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 08:27:46 GMT

a gdb is essentially a folder, so 'os.path' isn't going to be much help either

cp = r"C:\Git_Dan\a_Data\testdata.gdb"

os.path.isdir(cp)

True