trying to get all the values of a domain so i can check it for updates that are needed. i would like to get it in tabular form and then bacble to modify and republish it to the domain when completed.
Have a look at Domain To Table—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop
This will create a view (sort of table) that will display your coded value domain:
CREATE VIEW [dbo].[View_Landform] AS SELECT codedValue.value('Code[1]', 'nvarchar(max)') AS, codedValue.value('Name[1]', 'nvarchar(max)') AS [Value]FROM dbo.GDB_ITEMS AS items INNER JOIN
dbo.GDB_ITEMTYPES AS itemtypes ON items.Type = itemtypes.UUID CROSS APPLY items.Definition.nodes('/GPCodedValueDomain2/CodedValues/CodedValue')
AS CodedValues(codedValue)
WHERE itemtypes.Name = 'Coded Value Domain' AND items.Name = 'Landform'
GO
The edit method described in Re-order Attribute Domain Values can also be used to execute the edits you desire without having to remove the domain from the FC attribute and re-import it.
You can also check out XRay http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=e1e911d7d7374285b1ef03d06b3ee642 .
I believe you can use this to push domain edits back into the GDB.