Latest Contributions by VinceAngelo

User-schema geodatabases are already deprecated. You probably don't want to move into that tangle from 9.3.1.  10.x should be much faster than 9.3.1 in listing tables because of changes implemented early in the 10.0/10.1 lifetime. Given the age of 10.3.1, you may find yourself back in Retired support status well before you get used to using Python.  - V ... View more

The row object returned by iteration of reader is NOT an array. You must unpack the dictionary into an array in the order required by the field list. Your current logic assumes that the order of the file and the feature class as processed in the cursor are identical. In most cases, this will end badly. - V ... View more

You've got a variable name collision on 'row'.  The DA cursor  row object is just an array/list. You should probably choose between caching the contents of the CSV in a dictionary and stepping through the UpdateCursor linearly, and using a new cursor with an index-covered WHERE clause for each CSV row. This decision will dictate the structure of your code. - V ... View more

Due to the high latency, I expect that S3 would not be a good fit for a dynamic map service, even if it were possible, which I don't think is the case. My only experience with S3 with ArcGIS is to serve as a repository for a map service cache, though it's an area of of active development, so you should try to use the most recent build before experimenting further. - V ... View more

You mean, besides stopping the service?  Please provide more detail on what you are trying to accomplish. - V ... View more

ArcGIS 10.5 doesn't have a 9.6 PostgreSQL st_geometry DLL folder; it only supports PG 9.3, 9.4, and 9.5. If you have a 10.6 Desktop, you need to use that to enable PG 9.6. - V ... View more

List functions are always relative to the active workspace, so you'd need to os.path.join(ws,raster) to reconstruct the fully qualified path. - V ... View more

Okay, here's the deal: I refuse to be dragged into a case-by-case hardware evaluation role for GeoNet. My contribution to this thread was to point out: It's difficult to predict platform suitability for any purpose ... That was gently phrased. In fact, it's impossible to predict platform suitability for any purpose (due to OS, drivers, data, networks, and an infinite number of imponderables).  The last time I had to do a hardware procurement for a customer, it took several weeks to assemble the shopping list. We got a posterior-kicking lab out of the deal (after oodles of driver nightmares), but I didn't sleep for two weeks while waiting to see how it would work out. In the end, only you can decide what is appropriate for your needs, and I'm not going to tangle myself in that process. Best of luck to you. - V  ... View more

A circle will have a ratio for area to perimeter that is based on the radius ((pi * radius * radius) / (2 * pi * radius) == radius/2). Unfortunately, there are plenty of caveats: If area is *exactly* "pi-r-squared", the object was likely originally captured by ArcGIS as a circle, and has CAD geometry to remember, even if the vertex count is low. If the object wasn't a CAD circle, then the closest you will achieve is "circle-ish" Reprojected circles are unlikely to be circular in decimal degrees, so you may need to project geographic coordinate system coordinate values before evaluating them - V ... View more

Doing a bait & switch on IPs doesn't appear to be working. I wouldn't ever consider attempting same, so I can't provide any technical feedback, but I am reminded of those Chiffon margarine commercials from the 70's -- "It's not nice to fool Mother Nature!" - V ... View more

Unfortunately, targeting the minimum requirements isn't going to be anything like the experience of the other children on the playground.  They're going to be on swings and zip lines over soft foam mulch, and you're going to be on that one late-60's spaceship with the rusted handholds, over cracked concrete with glass and rusty needles. There are too many potential configurations to go into details of what can work, but at this point you should be looking at 16-32Gb RAM machines, with 3.4+ghz multi-core (4-8) processors, a solid state disk with at least 500Gb of storage, and another SSD or a fast 2+Tb hard disk drive (HDD) in the second slot. While not strictly necessary, a moderate gaming class graphics card (4-8Gb RAM) will make your life much easier if you try to drift into 3D presentation.  Multiple monitors (HD+HD or HD+SD) are recommended for any kind of development environment. Welcome to the productive end of the playground. - V ... View more

Have you tried the documented procedure?  Asking folks who are are strongly recommending you don't use this feature to test it for you isn't likely to bear fruit. - V ... View more

A plain-text token request is a non sequitor. There was a bug in ArcGIS pre-10.2.2 which enabled it by default, but this has always been inherently insecure. The documentation indicates that is may be possible, but it's still an awful idea to allow such access: Caution: Although using a GET request is a convenient method of acquiring a token, a user's credentials are provided as part of the URL and may be stored in browser history or in network components. It's recommended that you update your applications so that tokens are not acquired through a GET request. - V ... View more

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If your server environment does not have ArcGIS Desktop, you cannot create a valid file to import.  Not true:  You can use the Python within ArcGIS Server to create connection files, via arcpy.CreateDatabaseConnection_management() The lack of a trusted bridge, however, should prevent any access, so this is really a non sequitur.  The publishing process uses the hostname and connection properties from the local machine's connection to the server to identify the registered connection on the server.  No identical registered connection, no service. Therefore, you need a mechanism to publish from a trusted host (via RDP or SSH, or possibly both) - V ... View more