Inside the Geodatabase : ArcSDE

SNaC-ing on Geodatabases

JonMurphy — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:32:00 GMT

If you want to use Microsoft's geometry or geography spatial types with ArcGIS 9.3.1, you should install the SQL Server 2008 Native Client on your ArcGIS client computers. Not everyone will run into a problem when querying the geometry and geography types...(read more)

Geodatabase Toolset for ArcCatalog - Free Download

JonMurphy — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:57:00 GMT

The Geodatabase Toolset (GDBT) for ArcCatalog is now available for 9.3 and 9.3.1. Download the toolset for free off of the ESRI products page. The GDBT is an unsupported extension to ArcGIS Desktop which provides a collection of tools that you can use...(read more)

Migrating from Single-user Geodatabases to Multiuser Geodatabases - Podcast available!

JonMurphy — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:05:00 GMT

A new instructional series podcast is available called Migrating from Single-user Geodatabases to Multiuser Geodatabases. The podcast provides reasons to migrate from MS Access personal or file geodatabases to multiuser geodatabases. It also highlights...(read more)

Implementing and managing ArcSDE geodatabases on SQL Server Express - New Podcast Series

JonMurphy — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 23:42:00 GMT

There is a series of 3 podcasts by Olena Smith worth checking out on the ESRI Instructional Series Podcasts site dealing with implementing and maintaining desktop and workgroup geodatabases. Desktop (aka personal ArcSDE geodatabase) and workgroup are...(read more)

ArcGIS Server 9.3 Enterprise to support new 64-bit platforms

brentardenpierce — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 22:24:00 GMT

ArcSDE 9.3 64-bit support has been announced on the ESRI support page . Here are the details: ESRI is pleased to announce the availability of ArcSDE 9.3 with new native 64-bit support for Oracle® 10g & 11g, and Microsoft® SQL Server® on the following...(read more)

Geodatabase replication and compress

JonMurphy — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:15:00 GMT

There is new documentation available which talks about some best practices when using the compress command while also employing geodatabase replication. Compress is a process run periodically by an ArcSDE administrator to reduce the size of the geodatabase...(read more)

Why should I be making direct connections to an ArcSDE geodatabase?

brentardenpierce — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:35:00 GMT

As I was at the UC this year talking with geodatabase users, it became clear to me that there are still a large number of geodatabase users out there who are connecting to an ArcSDE geodatabase through an application server connection. While both connection...(read more)

Geodatabase Essentials Presentations

JonMurphy — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:53:00 GMT

Following up on our UC presentations post , Brent and I are posting the tech workshop presentations we gave (with other members of the geodatabase team) down in San Diego at this year's user conference. You can check out the presentations in PDF format...(read more)

Should I load my raster data into a geodatabase?

JonMurphy — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:09:00 GMT

I noticed there were a lot of raster related questions at the user conference this year. People mainly wanted to know the advantages of loading raster data into a geodatabase, and generally how to manage their raster data. So I talked to Simon Woo on...(read more)

Direct connections to ArcSDE geodatabases

JonMurphy — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:41:00 GMT

This post was written by Kim Peter, a product engineer on the geodatabase team, and is a follow up to her post on Connections to 9.3 Geodatabases There are two types of connections you can make to ArcSDE geodatabases: direct connections or connections...(read more)

9.3 Webhelp now publically available

JonMurphy — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:38:00 GMT

The 9.3 Web help is now publically available since the login requirement was lifted yesterday. The web help is a great resource for up to date information. Even after the product is released the web help gets updated weekly with content and corrections....(read more)

Road Ahead - PostgreSQL database support at ArcGIS 9.3

brentardenpierce — Fri, 16 May 2008 16:41:00 GMT

The following post was written by Kasia Tuszynska, a product engineer on geodatabase team specializing in PostgreSQL and the geodatabase. The release of ArcGIS 9.3 will see an addition to the list of databases supported by ArcSDE. PostgreSQL 8.3.0 is...(read more)

Road Ahead - Version Changes Viewer

brentardenpierce — Mon, 12 May 2008 20:53:00 GMT

Ever connect to a version of a Geodatabase and ask "How is this Version different" ? At ArcGIS 9.3 we added the Version Changes Viewer to the Versioning Toolbar to answer this very question. The Version Changes Viewer provides the capability to view the...(read more)

Geodatabase Essentials – Enterprise Geodatabases

JonMurphy — Wed, 07 May 2008 18:00:00 GMT

Derek Law has written an article titled Enterprise Geodatabase 101 which was recently posted on ArcUser Online. The article provides a general overview of the enterprise geodatabase looking at key features, architecture, and implementation. It is geared...(read more)

Road Ahead - Merge Conflicting Geometries

brentardenpierce — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:08:00 GMT

A conflict on the geometries or the shape attribute of a feature class will arise any time the shape has changed on the same feature in the two different versions being reconciled. At 9.2 and earlier ArcGIS releases, if there was a conflict on the shape...(read more)