Last week I was rearranging the attribute tables of a bunch of shapefiles. It was working fine. It looked like this:
Most of the time I was editing python, changing the shapefile name, then dragging the code from IDLE to the ArcMap python window so I could keep the map open and not hit schema locks.
This week I was doing the same thing to some 2012 shapefiles. I thought all I had to do was change the workspace env variable and it would work the same:
but in the python window I get "ERROR 000732: Input Table: Dataset 2zillTOgra102312.shp does not exist or is not supported Failed to execute (DeleteField). " as soon as it hits that first DeleteField, as if the file name or path is wrong. However if I print env.workspace in the python window, I get the path I expect. And if I type listshapes = arcpy.ListFeatureClasses() , listshapes is filled with all the shapefiles in the workspace. Tried several other input shapefiles, but got the same type of error.
The script for 2012 data works when I run it in python, but I have to shut down ArcMap and ArcCatalog to avoid hitting schema locks. What am I missing when I try to run this in the python window?
Code:
# Import arcpy module
import arcpy
from arcpy import env
env.workspace = "C:\\avdata\\FallChinookRedds\\2013\\Shapefiles\\"
# Local variables:
inshape = "MDhighway972211113.shp"
fname = "\""+inshape+"\""
surdate = "\"11/01/2013\""
streamname = "\"Yakima River\""
specname = "\"Fall Chinook\""
# Process: Delete Field
arcpy.DeleteField_management(inshape, "TYPE;Y_PROJ;X_PROJ;DISPLAY;SYMBOL;UNUSED1;DIST;PROX_INDEX;COLOR;DEPTH;TEMP;TIME;WPT_CLASS;SUB_CLASS;ATTRIB;LINK;STATE;COUNTRY;CITY;ADDRESS;FACILITY;CROSSROAD;UNUSED2;ETE;DTYPE;MODEL")
#more steps
......This week I was doing the same thing to some 2012 shapefiles. I thought all I had to do was change the workspace env variable and it would work the same:
Code:
# Import arcpy module
import arcpy
from arcpy import env
env.workspace = "C:\\avdata\\FallChinookRedds\\"
# Local variables:
inshape = "2zillTOgra102312.shp"
fname = "\""+inshape+"\""
surdate = "\"10/23/2012\""
streamname = "\"Yakima River\""
specname = "\"Fall Chinook\""
# Process: Delete Field
arcpy.DeleteField_management(inshape, "TYPE;Y_PROJ;X_PROJ;DISPLAY;SYMBOL;UNUSED1;DIST;PROX_INDEX;COLOR;DEPTH;TEMP;TIME;WPT_CLASS;SUB_CLASS;ATTRIB;LINK;STATE;COUNTRY;CITY;ADDRESS;FACILITY;CROSSROAD;UNUSED2;ETE;DTYPE;MODEL")
#more steps
.....The script for 2012 data works when I run it in python, but I have to shut down ArcMap and ArcCatalog to avoid hitting schema locks. What am I missing when I try to run this in the python window?