A searchcursor will cause PythonWin and Idle to crash when used with Add Field in a File Geodatabase.
Last Published: August 25, 2014No Product Found
Bug ID Number
NIM006126
Submitted
January 17, 2007
Last Modified
April 2, 2025
Applies to
No Product Found
Version found
9.2
Status
Will Not Be Addressed
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Additional Information
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Workaround
This sample stores all the OID's in a python list while in the cursor, and then accesses the list and adds the fields after the cursor has been put to bed.#~~~~~~~~rows = gp.searchcursor(fc)row = rows.next()OIDList = []while row: OIDList.append(row.OBJECTID) row = rows.next()del rowdel rows for OID in OIDList: gp.AddField_management(fc, "TK" + str(OID), "TEXT", "", "", "", "", "NULLABLE", "NON_REQUIRED", "") #~~~~~~~~