HOW TO
Note: This article pertains to ArcGIS versions 9.x only. Later versions of ArcGIS may contain different functionality, as well as different names and locations for menus, commands and geoprocessing tools.
Note: ArcSDE software, including the application server, command tools, and SDK with C and Java APIs, was deprecated at ArcGIS 10.2.2 and is no longer distributed.
If ArcCatalog closes prematurely while deleting or creating a feature class, it can leave detached entries in the SDE repository tables.
When the business table is deleted in ArcCatalog, the feature class fails to appear in the table of contents.
To clean up entries in the SDE repository tables, perform the steps below using the following example of a deleted feature class: joe.roads.
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