Latest Contributions by MathewCoyle

Can you access the default IIS splash screen of the server from outside your domain? ... View more

No, you should just be able to add a simple python script to your model and call it the same way you would a tool. Would be slightly different if you need to pass parameters to it. Something like this is a basic example. from subprocess import Popen Popen("batchfile.bat", cwd=r"c:\directory\containing\batchfile").wait() ... View more

I'm not sure about referencing it directly, but you can create a simple python script that opens a batch file that you can import into your model. Here is a fairly detailed Stack Overflow post explaining it far better than I could. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1818774/python-subprocess ... View more

You should use the correct path syntax using a raw string, it shouldn't be a problem in this case but better safe than sorry. arcpy.Compress_management(r"Database Connections\saxon2_bierstadt_sde_loader.sde") Are you sure the database connection you are using is an administrator account? Is anyone currently locking any files in the DB? ... View more

The overviews should be a relative path so they should be ok. To update the source data path in a mosaic dataset in ArcCatalog right click on your mosaic dataset and click "Repair". ... View more

You could make a list of all the feature classes in your database, remove the one you want to keep, and loop through them all deleting. This seems like it would be easier just to select them all in Catalog and delete them that way. If this is an actual versioned SDE database make sure you are working with the right version. ... View more

If you are changing the location of the source rasters you will need to update your mosaic dataset with that new location. http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#//009t0000005m000000 ... View more

Do you have indexing on? Either through the OS or through ArcCatalog? The only times I have seen this behaviour is when there is another process that is running in the back ground that monitors changes to files for indexing or what not. Usually these are virus scanners or index processes. I would go into your services and processes tabs in task manager and see what is running. While you are editing have your resource monitor window open and see what processes are using CPU, specifically around when the file changes to read-only. ... View more

What version of ArcGIS and service pack are you using? Do you have any virus scanner running? Does it change to read only after you stop editing and start again, or is it only locked for a few seconds/minutes and release itself while you are still editing? Are you working locally or on a network resource? ... View more

a search cursor is used with a for loop to return values for a field for each row Yes, that is exactly what a search cursors is for. However, that is not what you are doing. You are matching records between two datasets, which is a join. The biggest red flag that you are likely using a cursor wrong is if you have arcpy functions within your loop. Arcpy functions are geared towards processing on an entire dataset, not on a row by row basis. ... View more

This is not what cursors are for. Do not do this. Something like the following would be better, but you'd have to explain your process a little more. import arcpy jTable = "C:/Users/nwuenstel/Desktop/LocalP/Error_Process/Bangladesh_joinsV.csv" outTable = "in_memory\temptable" whereExpr = "\"UID\" = 'UID5'" arcpy.MakeTableView_management(jTable, outTable, whereExpr) If you still need to know how to process null row values, it goes like this. sCursor = arcpy.SearchCursor(table) for row in sCursor:     if not row.Field:         print "it's null"     else:         print "it's not null" ... View more