Latest Contributions by ChadKopplin

Asrujit, Sorry this has been so long in coming, but I am finally able to start looking into this issue again.  By installing the SQL Management Studio from the SQL Express install on the computers in Cheyenne that have previously not been able to connect, I am able to connect to the new SDE server.  My question is, "Is there a connection between SQL Management Studio and SDE that would require Management Studio to be installed on all client machines?'  I have always known the SQL Native Client, but not the Management Studio.  I have tried this on 4 machines that were previously unable to connect and it has worked on all 4 machines. ... View more

Thank you Melissa, I saw that it puts a copy of the mxd into the map service files once you publish, but it sounds like I need to republish each time, correct?  I will try it and respond. ... View more

Yeah just post 20 records that do not show, it has the feel of a wrong coordinate system, but just wanted to check.  Where should the points be located?  Thank you. ... View more

Laura, Would you mind sending the file in order to take a look at the points?  Thank you in advance. Chad ... View more

What is the coordinate system of the original layer that you made your bmp from?  This is the coordinate system that needs to be defined on the bmp raster.  Then it should match up, then you can set the dataframe projection to whatever you need it to be and then go to data export data to save your bmp into that projection.  It looks like the wrong projection has been defined on the bmp. ... View more

If you click on the folder list to the left of the data source tab, see if this lets you see the data frame properties again.  Then you need at least 2 layers selected in order to use the group tab.  Thank you. ... View more

The unprojected shapefile needs to have the original projection set, you cannot define it to something else, you would need to use the actual projection tools to change to projection or use the on the fly projection from the data frame.  The data will not display because the shapefile and the projection of the data frame do not truly match up.  Once each layer is defined to their native projections this should work.  I hope this helps. ... View more

Steve, once you added the feature classes to the database did you validate the data store, I believe this may update your registered database. ... View more

Thank you Jake. ... View more

In the field office I am unable to connect to Management Studio with either windows or database authentication.  The field users are using database authentication.  Thank you. ... View more

I am in one of the field offices this week, I am able to connect to the new SDE servers with my computer, but not with one of the field office users yet. ... View more

When I tried to have one of the users in a field office try to connect to the SQL database instance this is the error that he received. A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL server.  The server was not found or was not accessible.  Verify that that the instance name is correct and that SQL server is configured to allow remote connections (I verified both of these).  (Provider:SQL Network Interfaces, error:26 -  Error Locating Server/Instance Specified). The following blog post for enabling remote connections to SQL server pointed me to some other potential issues related directly to the error 26. How to enable remote connections in SQL Server 2008? - <dw:daniel_walzenbach runat="server" /> - Site Home - MSDN Blogs This blog had the following link provided for the error 26: SQL Network Interfaces, error: 26 - Error Locating Server/Instance Specified - SQL Protocols - Site Home - MSDN Blogs So, from these 2 blogs I have created rules for the SQL server port 1433, SQL browser, and UDP port 1434.  Once these rules were created exceptions were automatically set for these rules.  The blogs stated that the UDP port 1434 was needed for the SQL browser.  I am testing this, but currently we still may fall into the exception that would still cause a failure, currently we are using a clustered SQL server (we are moving away from this).  So, this blog provides a link to a blog that helps with the clustered machines. This is what I have been able to find out so far. ... View more

Thank you for the idea I will try it today and get back to you. ... View more