XML Workspace Import without Length field

[PaulAustin]

Is it possible to get the XML import of a Workspace to not create a XXX_Length field? My XML document specifies the length field as blank <LengthField />. But both ArcCatalog and the arcobjects (Java) using GdbImporter both add a length field.

[AlexanderGray]

If you have a point or a table you will not get the length field.  Length is needed as part of the geodatabase for line or polygon featureclasses, it's a mandatory field.  Kind of like it needs an objectid and shape field (can have a different names.)   Polygon has an area field too.  Leaving these fields out would break the featureclasses.

[PaulAustin]

Are the length and area fields stored fields or are they calculated when displayed?

I know you can't update them from the ArcObjects API as you get an exception on them.