Creating a spatial view containing an ST_Geometry attribute does not set the view layer extent

Description

When creating a spatial view containing an ST_Geometry attribute in Oracle using the sdetable -o create_view command, the metadata for the view's extent in the sde.layers table is not being set; therefore, the view's layer extent is defined as empty.

An empty layer extent means ArcGIS does not set a spatial filter when performing spatial queries, identify selections, or spatial selections. Without the spatial filter, all rows are returned for all operations.

Cause

When creating a spatial view using the sdetable -o create_view command, the view's layer extent is not being set by ArcSDE.

Below is an example of creating a spatial view with the sdetable command:

Code:
sdetable -o create_view -T sewer_view -t sewer -c sewer.objectid,sewer.seg_id,sewer.shape -i sde:oracle10g

ArcSDE 9.2  for Oracle10g Build 339 Wed Sep  5 12:00:10  2007
Attribute        Administration Utility
-----------------------------------------------------
Successfully created view sewer_view.

Code:
D:\>sdelayer -o describe_long -l sewer_view,shape -i sde:oracle10g

ArcSDE 9.2  for Oracle10g Build 324 Tue Aug 21 12:00:11  2007
Layer    Administration Utility
-----------------------------------------------------
Layer Description ....: <None>
Table Owner ..........: TOMB
Table Name ...........: SEWER_VIEW
Spatial Column .......: SHAPE
Layer Id .............: 11
SRID .................: 7
Minimum Shape Id .....: 1
Offset ...............:
  falsex: -119670700.000000
  falsey:  -95612900.000000
System Units .........:       3048.006096
Z Offset..............:          0.000000
Z Units ..............:          1.000000
Measure Offset .......: <None>
Measure Units ........: <None>
XY Cluster Tolerance .:          0.003280833333
Spatial Index ........:
  parameter:    SPIDX_GRID,GRID0=170,FULL
  exist:        Yes
  array form:   170,0,0
Layer Envelope .......: <EMPTY>
Entities .............: nslc+
Layer Type ...........: Extended SQL Type
Creation Date ........: 08/27/07 11:23:36
I/O Mode .............: NORMAL
Autolocking ..........: Enabled
Precision.............: High
User Privileges ......: SELECT, UPDATE, INSERT, DELETE
Coordinate System ....: PROJCS["NAD_1983_StatePlane_Ohio_South_FIPS_3402_Feet",G
EOGCS["GCS_North_American_1983",DATUM["D_North_American_1983",SPHEROID["GRS_1980
",6378137.0,298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.017453292519
9433]],PROJECTION["Lambert_Conformal_Conic"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",1968500.0
],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-82.5],PARAMETER[
"Standard_Parallel_1",38.73333333333333],PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_2",40.0333
3333333333],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",38.0],UNIT["Foot_US",0.30480060960121
92]]

Layer Configuration ..: DEFAULTS

Workaround

Code:
D:\>sdelayer -o alter -l sewer_view,shape -E calc -i sde:oracle10g

ArcSDE 9.2  for Oracle10g Build 324 Tue Aug 21 12:00:11  2007
Layer    Administration Utility
-----------------------------------------------------
Successfully Modified the Layer

Note:
See the ArcGIS Documentation Library link in Related Information for additional information on the sdelayer command.