Geocoding from a SQL database

[BrandonPowell1]

We have customer data in our production SQL database. I'm wondering if there is a way to connect ArcMap to the SQL database table with our customer data and directly geocode the customer addresses and insert the spatial data back into the SQL database?

[ChristianWells]

Starting at 10.1 you can connect to SQL Server as a standalone database (non-geodatabase) you can read the addresses from there. After the addresses are geocoded, the entire table can be exported to the standalone database. Editing data, however, is limited to geodatabases.

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