I have been having an issue where I'll notice that I have multiple connections open to a single geodatabase. Right now I am showing that I have 5 connections, one of which is greyed out for the current connection. Each computer here has its own name associated with it, so I can tell that all of the connections I am seeing are from my machine.
What causes this?
Is it a problem?
How do I fix it if so?
System Information:
ArcGIS for Desktop 10.3.1
Windows 7 Machine
Microsoft SQL Geodatabase
SDE Connection
Thanks!
First of All: I clicked the option "Assume Answered" by mistake and don't see any option to revert back. Sorry for that.
To answer your question:
Each connection that you make to that geodatabase -- from ArcMap, ArcCatalog, ArcGIS Server Services...will create a new connection to the geodatabase.
Even in the same ArcCatalog interface, if you connect to the same gdb with two different connection files, that will create separate connections and thus show in that list.
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