I just installed 10.1 on my PC. Now when I run my Python script it no longer recognizes any connection coded like "Database Connection\Connection to ...". These connections work in ArcMap and ArcCatalog. When I create a Model using these connections, the model works. When I export the Model to a Python script the model it fails. If I replace the "Database Connections\..." path prefix with something like "C:\Users\SomeUser\AppData\Roaming\ESRI\Desktop10.1\ArcCatalog\..." it works. In short Python is not resolving "Database Connections" to the actual location of the connections (ie. "C:\Users\SomeUser\AppData\Roaming\ESRI\Desktop10.1\ArcCatalog"). I have SP1 installed on the ArcGIS 10.1 for Desktop. My C: drive has both a "Python26" and a "Python27" directory. Maybe its getting confused where to run Python? Also it looks like ArcCatalog/ArcMap run as 32 bit where as Python runs as 64-bit. Is there something I can do to configure the 64-bit side to find "Database Connections".
I've seen some discussions on this, but when i try to redirect the connection to the 32bit python I'm having trouble with the correct syntax. do you have an example of redirecting that connection?
I figured it out. I didn't realize the redirection to the 32 bit python had to be done in a .bat file or command line. I was trying to make it part of the actual python script. If this helps anyone here is how I ran it.......
Should also be able to make it run in the 'foreground'....like if you make it a script tool, there's a setting - just you'll have to remember when you want to run in 'background' mode (taking advantage of your 64-bit py exe) then you'll have to make sure you are specifying that. Glad you figured it out and are running.
