Inside the Geodatabase : Versioning

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)

Geodatabase Presentations from the 2009 Dev Summit

JonMurphy — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 20:27:00 GMT

This week ESRI hosted the annual Developer Summit down in Palm Springs. The geodatabase team was there to answer user’s questions, announce a few of the 9.4 projects that are in the works, and give several technical sessions. I’ve gathered the slides...(read more)

List of Useful Developer Samples

JonMurphy — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:58:00 GMT

Last week I was in Palm Desert at the annual EGUG conference . While sitting in on a presentation I noticed that for a lot of the questions being asked, users were being directed to developer samples found online. I realized that while these samples are...(read more)

Do the new reconcile options work against older releases of ArcSDE geodatabases?

brentardenpierce — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:24:00 GMT

This was a question I got from a friend in tech support the other day and it's a pretty good one. Short answer is yes, here's why: At 9.2 we added a number of different reconcile options offering users more flexibility when reconciling versions in an...(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)

Geodatabase Essentials - Archiving

JonMurphy — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 21:48:00 GMT

Geodatabase archiving provides a mechanism for capturing and managing a record of your edits as features and rows are updated over time. This record is automatically updated as edits are saved and is available for query and analysis. This is handy when...(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)

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)