GlobalID

[AlexProtyagov]

Could someone tell me how to register a column as GlobalID using a script.

First I create table in database with sql script.

Next I register it as

sdelayer -o register -l M_SIGN_INVENTORY,GEOM -u %USERID% -p %USERPASSWORD% -e 3npM -x 0,0,3048 -z 0,10000 -P HIGH -t SDO_GEOMETRY -G file=%CRSFILE%

My table has column [GLOBALID], how do I tell esri to use that column as GlobalID.

If I use ArcCatalog and right click on my FeatureClass and select Add GlobalID it creates new column, [GLOBALID1].

[VinceAngelo]

What version of Oracle are you using? Which patchset? Have you applied the
most recent CPU?

What version of ArcSDE are you using? What service pack/patches?

What does your table creation SQL look like?

What does 'sdetable -o describe' report for the table?

You can't register a column as a UUID type. It either is a UUID or it's something else.
ArcSDE uses a NOT NULL VARCHAR2(38) on Oracle, with the leading and training braces,
and the hyphens in the right places.  A registered rowid column is also required (as it is
to register an SDO_GEOMETRY -- you should have a '-C' parameter in the 'sdelayer'
command line).

The programmatic way to define a UUID column in Oracle with ArcSDE is to create
the table with 'sdetable' or some other 'C' or Java API application.  I can't think of any
supported means to convince the table registration code that an existing column is
SE_UUID_TYPE.

- V

[AlexProtyagov]

ORACLE VESION : 11g
ArcSDE: 10, I believe they have a service pack, I did not apply it and most likely will not be able to do that.
the describe output:

Table M_SIGN_INVENTORY:
Column name             Attribute type   Null?      Length,DPs    RowID Column?
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ASSEMBLY_TYPE           SE_STRING        NULL          100
SETUP_ASSEMBLY_STATUS   SE_INT32         NULL           10
ROUTE_ID                SE_INT32         NULL           10
REFLECT_TAPE            SE_INT32         NULL           10
DAMAGE                  SE_INT32         NULL           10
COMMENT_STR             SE_STRING        NULL         4000
DATE_INSTALLED          SE_DATE          NULL            0
GEOM                    SE_SHAPE         NULL            0
DATE_UPDATE             SE_DATE          NULL            0
SERIAL_NUM              SE_STRING        NULL           20
ROW_STATE               SE_STRING        NULL            1
OBJECTID                SE_INT32         NOT NULL       10        SDE Set
SIGN_ID                 SE_INT32         NULL           10
GLOBALID                SE_UUID          NOT NULL       38

I do not have 'C' parameter in my sdelayer. I noticed that without the C parameter it defaults to column [ObjectID] which is OK for my task. However, with C it might be more clear.

I need to do that in a script that will be delivered to a client. Putting it all to a script would be much nicer than asking client to do that in ArcCatalog.

Also, I was looking at sdetable command and code

sdetable -o add_uuid_column -t M_SIGN_INVENTORY -u %USERID%  -p %USERPASSWORD% -c GLOBALID

I thought it is the GLOBALID but after running the code above I still can add GLOBALID column via ArcCatalog, it creates [GLOBALID_1] field. However, a message box before creation of GlobalId says that it only be created when it does not already exist. That tells me that "add_uuid_column" is not GLOBALID.

Also, I start looking at PY scripts but I know nothing about python...

[VinceAngelo]

There are no ArcSDE command-line utilities to manage geodatabase objects.

If the table is viewed by ArcSDE as having a SE_UUID_TYPE, but ArcGIS does not
acknowledge it as a GlobalID, then you'll need to use either the ArcGIS GUI or ArcPy
to do the registration, though it's not obvious what that method might be -- Have
you tried a "register with geodatabase" after the ArcSDE layer registration and
'sdetable -o add_uuid_column'?

If you don't need to use existing values, then waiting until after geodatabase registration
is probably the path of least resistance.

- V

[AlexProtyagov]

I did try what you suggested:

sdelayer -o register -l M_SIGN_INVENTORY,GEOM -C OBJECTID -u %USERID% -p %USERPASSWORD% -e 3npM -x 0,0,3048 -z 0,10000 -P HIGH -t SDO_GEOMETRY -G file=%CRSFILE%

sdetable -o add_uuid_column -t M_SIGN_INVENTORY -u %USERID%  -p %USERPASSWORD% -c GLOBALID

The add_uuid_column, as I found, has nothing to do with GlobalID because after replication of feature layers the features are read-only which implies that GlobalId is not defined as esri sees that.

Last thing to try is a python script:

# Import system modules
import arcpy
from arcpy import env

# Set workspace
env.workspace = "C:/Data/MySDEdata.sde"

# Set local variables
in_dataset = "AMS_AA.M_SIGN_INVENTORY"

# Execute AddGlobalIDs
arcpy.AddGlobalIDs_management(in_dataset)

Where AMS_AA is schema name, [M_SIGN_INVENTORY] is feature class name, the same as Oracle table. However, the scrip above fails with error

ExecuteError: ERROR 000582: Error occurred during execution.
Failed to execute (AddGlobalIDs).

However, I do not know anything about python, I just took above script from documentation and replaced feature class name with mine.

[AlexProtyagov]

Ok, I got the python scrip working.

I changed

in_dataset = "AMS_AA.M_SIGN_INVENTORY"

to

in_dataset = "M_SIGN_INVENTORY"

and the connection file, MySDEdata.sde, copied it from my
c:\Users\xxxxxx\AppData\Roaming\ESRI\Desktop10.0\ArcCatalog\ams_aa.py. In connection properties I set to save user name and password in that file..

[HeatherMcCracken]

fyi - In ArcObjects you can register a GUID field as a GlobalID field (or vice versa) using the IClassSchemaEditEx interface

http://help.arcgis.com/en/sdk/10.0/vba_desktop/componenthelp/index.html#/IClassSchemaEditEx_Interfac...