Latest Contributions by George_Thompson

I believe that the metadata is stored in the GDB_ITEMS table (System tables of a geodatabase in SQL Server—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop ) I would NOT recommend modifying those fields via SQL as it may cause corruption of the SDE repository. You can view the XML in SQL Server Management Studio. There are some other tools for updating the metadata avaialble: Process metadata using XSLT transformations—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop An overview of the Metadata toolset—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop -George ... View more

I think that it might be a good idea to create a case with Esri Support so they can review all the information. Based on the latest information there is something in the connection or the SQL Server instance. ... View more

Adding some more groups for better visibility..... Geodatabase​ Managing Data​ ... View more

It is an option during the installation of SQL Server........ See the below image for the option to check. ... View more

Here is the documentation for Oracle @ 10.1: ArcGIS Help 10.1 I would start with following all the steps in the help. Is there a reason that you are still using ArcSDE Services? They have been deprecated at 10.3 going forward and the direct connections tend to have less issues.... ... View more

I would say yes, there is a network/SQL Server configuration issue if you cannot ping/telnet or connect via SSMS from other client machines to NSQL. I would recommend working with the DBA that did the installation of the SQL Server instance. Hope this gets you moving in the right direction....... ... View more

Hi Natalie, Is it possible that the old field has some numbers that are "outside" the precision 9 and scale 5 settings for the new geodatabase field? Is the old geodatabase on DB2 also? What version are the enterprise geodatabases? (old and new) Geodatabase​ ... View more

Install the SSMS client on another machine that the SQL Server machine itself. Then attempt to connect, you can get the SSMS client from the Microsoft website. This will tell us if you can communicate from the client machine to the SQL Server instance. ... View more

Are you running the GP tool/Python script from Server or Desktop? Can you log into the SQL Server machine via MS SQL Server Management Studio using the provided credentials? Is the MS SQL Server browser started on the SQL Server machine? ... View more

Hi Paul, It looks like you are trying to connect to a machine called "MSSQLSERVER". Is this correct? For the instance name put the IP address (192.168.3.222) or DNS name of the machine with SQL Server installed. One way to make sure that it is good to go is use TELNET to the machine and the port that SQL Server is configured for. i.e. - SQLSERVERNAME 1433 Geodatabase​ -George ... View more

I would recommend moving to a more appropriate space like Geodatabase​ Managing Data​ ... View more

Managing Data​ Enterprise GIS​ ... View more

Hi Umakant, It appears from the error message that Network Engineer is an Ericsson product. I would recommend reaching out to Ericsson for more information. -George ... View more

I would say no..... It is only for Desktop/Server 10.2.1, not 10.3 You would need to upgrade to 10.3 or be using 10.2.1. ... View more

Have you looked into Editor Tracking and/or Archiving? Geodatabase archiving—ArcGIS Help | ArcGIS for Desktop About tracking an editor's changes to data—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop Managing Data GIS -George ... View more