Latest Contributions by JoshuaBixby

Assuming you mean there are thousands of duplicates across the entire dataset and not thousands of duplicates per pole, even a million record dataset shouldn't take that long if you are identifying duplicates the way described above.  It may be something else is going on in terms of hindering performance.  You may want to check out Resetting your ArcGIS application profile. ... View more

From what you have provided, it looks like you may be using the wrong version.  If you are running ArcGIS Desktop 10.1 SP1, try running mxdperfstat10.1.exe instead of mxdperfstat10.exe. ... View more

I am running ArcGIS 10.2.2 with Python 2.7.5 on Windows 7 Enterprise x64, and I am able to get your attached script to run from a command prompt with no warnings and no errors, i.e., everything works as one would expect from reading documentation.  If I try to run the script from within an IDE, e.g., IDLE or PyCharm, then I get the warning about echoed passwords and they are echoed. ... View more

If you have already uninstalled and reinstalled ArcGIS Desktop, which it seems like you have, then I still think it is related to IE settings somehow, but I am fresh out of ideas.  What about if you create a new, temporary user profile on that machine, does running tools work better under that other user profile?  (This could give an indication whether it is a machine-level issue or user profile issue.) ... View more

What provider, specifically, are you selecting? I have always found it odd how Esri has two different help pages instead of one for connecting to Access databases:  Connecting to a Microsoft Access database in ArcGIS and Connecting to a 2007 Microsoft Access database (.accdb) in ArcGIS.  Typically, users I help don't distinguish between the older and newer formats so they search on "Microsoft Access" and find the older one, which basically misdirects them to select the wrong provider.  And, bettery yet, the screenshot doesn't match the instructions (the screenshot has ODBC drivers selected and not JET or ACE). ... View more

This is a larger question about ArcGIS Pro updates in general and not this specific update. After I received notification that an update was available and it started downloading, I noticed the application was downloading ~650 MB, which seems to be the entire application. Are future updates always going to be entire re-downloads of the application or will they be incremental or differential between the installed version and what was updated?  Downloading the entire app to basically apply a patch seems very inefficient. I work for an organization with thousands of GIS users spread across hundreds of small offices in rural areas, I have concerns about users re-downloading 650 MB or more every time an update comes out. ... View more

I use layer files.  I create a layer file using ArcGIS Desktop and then add it to Pro. ... View more

Ignoring whether there is an explicit error message, if the rest of the behavior described in the technical article and forums applies, it could be the same solution applies. ... View more

More similar-sounding discussion from older forums:  Problem running any tool. ... View more

Have you looked at the following? Problem:  On some systems, running any Geoprocessing tool in ArcToolbox results in Microsoft Script Errors and the tool dialog box appears blank The article only supposedly covers up to 10.0, but I think we had a similar issue with 10.1 too. ... View more

The getpass documentation states: getpass.getpass([prompt[, stream]]) Prompt the user for a password without echoing. The user is prompted using the string prompt, which defaults to'Password: '. On Unix, the prompt is written to the file-like object stream. stream defaults to the controlling terminal (/dev/tty) or if that is unavailable to sys.stderr (this argument is ignored on Windows). If echo free input is unavailable getpass() falls back to printing a warning message to stream and reading from sys.stdinand issuing a GetPassWarning. From what you describe, it seems your code is working as expected.  Are you on Windows or Linux? ... View more

I read John Baleja‌'s comment as meaning there will be a post-10.3 solution.  If there is going to be a 10.3 stop-gap solution, I look forward to learning more about it at final release. ... View more

Glad it worked out for you.  I used that same discussion last year to sort through a similar issue, figured it better to point you there than repeat it all here.  Cheers. ... View more