Latest Contributions by MathewCoyle

Ah yes small typo, rhett is right, should be %m for month. Though date formats are always year_month_day. ... View more

Are you trying to overwrite the existing output file or skip over that iteration of your loop if it already exists? ... View more

A simple "if not" statement would work, try posting the code you are running for more detailed help. ... View more

Do you have a compatible ArcPad extension installed? Edit: You may have to manually import the toolbox. Eg for ArcPad 10.0 with ArcGIS 10.x arcpad_box_path = r'C:\Program Files (x86)\ArcGIS\ArcPad10.0\DesktopTools10\ArcPad Tools.tbx' arcpy.ImportToolbox(arcpad_box_path) help("arcpy.ArcPadCheckin_ArcPad") ... View more

The model builder export to python is just a tool to help convert a model to a script, it is not a perfect conversion and requires modifications to work after the conversion. Also if you want help with your script you should post your script not just the error you receive. ... View more

I believe you have to save the layer file to make the changes permanent. ... View more

You could try str() for your print messages though that shouldn't be an issue. Do you get this for any record in your dict or does it only pop up after a while? ... View more

Can you print out a line of your dict showing the key and values? ... View more

Not sure why you are getting that issue. It may be a case of nulls coming across as an empty string. You can get around this by simply adding int() around each argument when you make your calculations. You could alternatively use float() if there are decimal numbers. updateRow[1] =  int(updateRow[1]) + int(joinDict[joinFieldValue][0]) ... View more

Would I make 2 dictionaries from 2 SearchCursors?  One on the update data and a second on the joined data? I would only look at creating a dictionary of your reference data. You can then cursor through your table you want to update referencing the key in your dictionary with the join field to access the dictionary value. If you don't have much experience with dictionaries I'm sure it is very confusing, but once you try it out they are quite simple. ... View more

I've had nothing but problems trying to update fields in a joined table. I would recommend reading this post and examining the attached scripts for ideas on how to get around these issues. http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/71572-Using-Python-Dictionaries-with-Update-Cursors-instead-of-quot-Join-and-Calculate-quot I also have a post from a while back using similar methodology in a more specific case example. http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/55099-Update-cursor-with-joined-tables-work-around-w-dictionaries ... View more

If you watch the process and related threads does it get over 2GB? Do you have any AV program running? ... View more

Since you are going through a cursor anyway you can just get the extent of the row shape object instead of using a selection. Unless there is some particular reason you need to select it. I'm also assuming your selections are unique to each row since you call them CONN_OBJ_ID_NUM. for row in cursor:     df.extent = row.Shape.extent ... View more