Latest Contributions by Lebowski

Have you tried importing the Feature Class and checked if that works? Thats works but I need to copy & paste in order to preserve attachement & relationships ... View more

What is the error observed? Just to confirm..you are copying Fcs from the File gdb into the dataset in sde or the other way round? There is no error, I am able to copy but when I go to paste, paste is "greyed-out." I am just copying the feature class from the feature dataset in SDE to a file gdb. I has a mentioned previously the feature class(es) I created are able to copy & paste while the co-worker created feature classess are unable to copy & paste. ... View more

You don't enable Attachments in this workflow at any point of time. You will have to create a Table first, which will have a Raster field and then create a Relationship Class as per your requirement. I knew this works for Images, however I just noticed that you are planning to attach PDFs. This workflow won't support PDFs, it only allows Raster datasets(images). Sorry for missing this previously. I also just checked this Forum post: http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/109737-Creating-BLOB-s I think Hyperlinks would be your way ahead... Using Hyperlinks: http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/index.html#//00s500000004000000 Thanks for the links but I am not sure Hyperlinks are the way for me to go. The database I am using right has the potential to be moved to another location or server and I am afraid the links will break quite often. ... View more

No, what I meant was--> Instead of enabling Attachments on the data....create the Relationship Class and the table manually, therefore choosing your Unique field in the process. How is this possible? As soon as you 'Enable Attachments' a relationship class and table are automatically created. ... View more

Attachments have been designed to use OBJECTID, so that cannot be edited/modified. You can simply use a relationship class to relate the Table (containing a raster field) to the Feature Class. Then you can choose whichever key you want. Note: Always try to provide your configuration details(Desktop version, DBMS version,etc) for a more appropriate answer/suggestions/links. I am using ArcGIS Desktop 10.1 Ok, thanks for the clarification. So it looks like I will NOT be able set-up a Relationship Class based on my uniquely created attribute field. But once I have successfully made the attachments I can add to the "Attachment Table" if I choose and from that point I can step up additional relationships to "link" with other feature classes, correct? Thanks! ... View more

Chad, You may want to look into using the Generate Attachment Match Table, This would allow you to set up the way the attachments are matched. http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/index.html#/Generate_Attachment_Match_Table/001700000157000000/ Hope that this helps. George Thanks for the link George! The 'Match Table' honestly doesn't make much sense to me is a bit confusing and if have any additional insight it would appreciated. When I open the 'Generate Attachment Match Table' it wants me to specify a 'Input Folder' and so far the only item/format it seems to support is .xls, my attachments are all .pdf.  All I am looking to do is to somehow relate a unique field I have created in my feature class's attribute table, instead of the default to the 'Attachment' its seems more and more likely this is not possible?? ... View more