I have two shapefiles, my current addresses shp and a source's updated addresses shp for the same coverage area. I have a key that links the two record to record. I'm new to python, and I'm generating a script that will allow me to input the two tables, join them based on key, and output a third table that displays the differences. Differences records would be appended to the new table after running through a series of checks: ie. does table 1 [Addressno] = table 2 [AddresVal], if not, append entire record to new differences table and indicate which fields do not match. Also looking to have it indicate if a source record is found in Table 2 (updated incoming data), but not Table 1 (my current data).
I do not think this is a novel process. Can anyone share their scripts/ideas with me on how to accomplish this? I'm trying to develop it as a tool to run within arc.
Thank you all!
