Latest Contributions by BlakeTerhune

If you use str.format() it will automatically make the non-string values text instead of having to do it manually. You can also use += to add to an existing value. label_str += "BR: {} acres\n".format(BR) ... View more

Oooh, shiny. ... View more

I like the string.format()​ method because the values your concatenating with the dashes don't have to be strings, it will do the casting automatically. But like Dan mentioned, just make sure the output field is a string with a long enough length to accommodate the new value. ... View more

This is helping me narrow it down. I have ftp.quit() in the finally block but it seems that trying to quit an ftp connection that has timed out throws the same error but as a different error object ("error_temp"). Additionally, error_temp has no attribute "strerror". I had ftp.quit() in a try/except but I was only catching AttributeError or NameError. I think the solution to this is two-fold: Change error logging to use just err insetad of err.message. Catch (and pass) all Exceptions on ftp.quit() instead of just AttributeError or NameError. try:     ftp.quit() except:     pass ... View more

I agree. But from the looks of the error message, it's clearly saying there's a UnicodeEncodeError on the line with the path name. I don't know what else it could be. ... View more

It has to do with the path. the slash u is reserved to identify unicode characters so it's not interpreting your path correctly. Try changing all the path separators (slashes) to a back slash and put an r in the front. Like this... r"C:\Users\w2sohi\Desktop\test\box.tbx" Probably should do the same with your other paths. Further reading on the subject. Filenames and file paths in Python ... View more

What does the error message say? ... View more

There's an FTP site hosted by another organization that we routinely download data from. One of the downloads is very large and takes a while to download. The FTP server has a 120 second timeout so if the download goes too slowly for whatever reason, the script is disconnected. The error message is from ftplib and says 421 Timeout (120 seconds): closing control connection. Our script has everything in a big try/except/finally. The main logic with a log success message is in the try, there's an except Exception as err: block that logs a failure message, then there is send email in the finally. It only logs the success or failure, then sends an email with the result. try:     main logic here     log success message here except Exception as err:     log failure message here finally:     send email here I know it's skipping the except block because the failure message is not being written to the log but I get the email. I also wrote a little test script that just connects to the ftp, checks for a file, then sleeps for 150 seconds. Again, the except Exception block does not catch the ftp timeout error. EDIT I just looked at the script again and I have it logging with err.message instead of just err. That might be it... ... View more

I need to catch the exception because the script is running as a scheduled task that sends an email and logs a success or failure. ... View more

I've found that summary statistics (using the COUNT statistics option) also works well for getting a frequency count on a field and it's available with the ArcGIS Desktop Basic license. However, I still agree that it seems silly to have Frequency only available with an Advanced license. ... View more

As usual, Joshua Bixby​ has a more elegant solution. ... View more

Maybe IdentityManager's generateToken()? IdentityManager | API Reference | ArcGIS API for JavaScript 4.0 Or Working with Proxy Services | ArcGIS for Developers ... View more

Posting Code blocks in Esri GeoNet ... View more