I still can't find the answer to this question and am wondering if I am misunderstanding something.
Why do we need to buy an ESRI ArcGIS Server license if SQLServer 2012 can read geometry data types?
We currently:
We pay another agency to host our map services.
I'm currently loading feature classes into SQLServer 2012 using ArcCatalog 10.2.2 (ArcGIS Advanced) and a direct connection to the database, without having used the "Create geodatabase tool" which requires an ArcServer authorization key.
What additional functionality does enabling a geodatabase in SQLServer 2012 give us?
Thanks,
Fiona
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Hi Fiona,
When you are storing spatial data in a SQL Server database (non-geodatabase) you are not able to use some of the advanced functionality that makes it a geodatabase.
Below is a list of some functions that are able to be performed in the geodatabase, that would not be available within a "regular" SQL Server database.
There are many more functions that are available that I have not listed. Here is a site that has a lot of information related to geodatabases and what they can help you accomplish: http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/geodatabase
Hopefully this will give you some more information.
-George
Hi Fiona,
When you are storing spatial data in a SQL Server database (non-geodatabase) you are not able to use some of the advanced functionality that makes it a geodatabase.
Below is a list of some functions that are able to be performed in the geodatabase, that would not be available within a "regular" SQL Server database.
There are many more functions that are available that I have not listed. Here is a site that has a lot of information related to geodatabases and what they can help you accomplish: http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/geodatabase
Hopefully this will give you some more information.
-George
Thanks for the clarification. For this project we don't need multiuser editing yet.