Hi,
When creating a new featureclass in my sde database (10.2) I register it as versioned so that it can be edited. So over many years I now have lots of versioned, editable featureclasses in my database.
I'm getting in to an increasingly frustrating situation where a user can't save edits when they want because the default version has changed. They have to try again and again to save until the save is accepted. Similarly, if I need to load features from a shapefile for example into a featureclass in the database (using ArcCatalog), it can process the load and at the end pop up with a message saying the load didn't work because the default version has changed since I started. This can be a pain if loading thousands of records because it can waste a lot of time looking like it's loading, only to fail at the end because the default version has change, I then have to start again, and again.
The default version seems to be database-wide, not a default per featureclass, so a change to one featureclass impacts on someone trying to save changes to a completely different featureclass. I'm sure it can't be designed to work this way (preventing saving and loading so frequently), so what is best practice here, how can I overcome this?
Thanks,
Mark.