Latest Contributions by JoshuaBixby

Haven't had time to re-review the post yet, but I did notice the restricted visibility.  Opening it up might get more feedback, maybe better feedback. ... View more

It isn't an issue with the ArcGIS tool.  The tool is passing through part of an SQL expression the user generates.  In this case, the tool is just passing along an error message from other code that is saying an invalid SQL expression was used. ... View more

It could be a SQL Syntax issue.  The SQL "IN" operator requires the set of values to be enclosed in parentheses, e.g., expression IN (value1, value2, value3, ...).  ... View more

Not that Esri's Deprecation Plans always hold water, but at least they are something.  Unfortunately, I have yet to find the Deprecation Plan for ArcGIS 10.3.  Usually, the deprecation plans come out before or at least with the release, not sure what Esri is doing this time around. ... View more

Michael Grossman‌, thanks for the update and more importantly taking customer feedback to heart. I think the idea of a built-in Software Update mechanism is a good one, just not in exclusivity to other mechanisms for updating the software.  I work for an organization with thousands of GIS users scattered across the country, and there are times we prefer to deploy updates to Esri software through the same infrastructure that updates non-Esri software. My overarching concern with the Software Update mechanism, as implemented to date, is that "updates" have been complete installs.  Downloading and installing an update that is patch-like is much easier on wide-area networks at small, remote offices rather than grabbing an entire 700 MB or larger download every time an update comes out. Thanks again, and I look forward to seeing the Software Update mechanism improve over time. ... View more

Opened a case with Esri Support back on 12/19.  Esri Support was able to narrow the issue down even further, but the case remains open until Esri Development decides they have some time to look into it more.  I will post the bug number when it gets formally issued. ... View more

You are getting the syntax error on line 3 because there is no variable !Angle! in the Python function you defined.  This also explains why the second block of code doesn't give you an error. Are you saying the second code block above, the one that works, doesn't return the correct result? ... View more

It isn't called "code wrap" but Insert > Syntax Highlighting ... View more

It is a misnomer.  "Last used ArcGIS Pro" really means the last time you authenticated against the license server to try and use ArcGIS Pro.  Whether ArcGIS Pro is successfully launched once the license is obtained/checked isn't what is being tracked on Esri's side. ... View more

The code you provide above is from the Making Field Calculations help from ArcGIS 9.3/9.3.1, and therein lies your problem.  The code Esri provided was VB/VBA and involved accessing ArcObjects.  Starting with ArcGIS 10.0, Esri moved to a VBScript parser instead of a fuller-featured VB/VBA.  Although some VB code still works in the code block for the field calculator, the specific code you used doesn't because you can't acess ArcObjects through VBScript. Even if the code you posted worked, VB support has been on life support for a long time, and you should really consider moving to Python.  If you simply change the parser to Python, the following code will work in the expression box (you don't need a code block): !shape.extent.XMax! . Since it seems you are working with points, and single points at that, the extent of the geometry will be the geometry itself.  You could also use !shape.firstPoint.X! as well. ... View more

If Esri is only posting ArcGIS Pro Prerelease (no updates) in MyEsri, and users need to update through ArcGIS Pro, how do you recommend he upgrades if he can't launch ArcGIS Pro? ... View more

You may want to check out Issue with SQUID Proxy server and ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Pro. ... View more

I decided to open an Esri Support case on this issue.  First response, Advanced Services was "needed with ArcIMS Metadata Server."  Say what?  Maybe ArcIMS Metadata Server did require Advanced Services, I don't know and don't care enough to know given ArcIMS's last release was 4+ years ago, but I simply can't believe ArcIMS had anything to do with dropping Advanced Services for Desktop and Workgroup database at ArcGIS 10.3. We'll see what the next response brings.... ... View more

I revisited the Help for Building a query expression, where it states: If the string contains a single quote you will first need to use another single quote as an escape character. In Python, the backslash is the dominant escape character, but there are some additional escape sequences.  My sample code above that used text replacement to escape the single quote used the backslash, but ArcGIS wants users to escape a single quote by using another single quote. The updated code worked for an example I ginned up on my machine: expression = "{} = '{}' AND {} = '{}'".format(SelectCriteriaF,                                               str(list_UV_CriteriaF ).replace("'","''"),                                               SplitCriteria,                                               str(listSplit ).replace("'","''")) ... View more