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Bug

While connecting to an Oracle user-schema geodatabase from ArcGIS Pro 1.3, the following error is encountered: "Failed to connect to the specified DBMS instance. A database connection exception has occurred. Version not found [SDE.DEFAULT]."

Last Published: October 12, 2017 ArcSDE/Enterprise Geodatabase
Bug ID Number BUG-000098899
SubmittedAugust 25, 2016
Last ModifiedOctober 14, 2020
Applies toArcSDE/Enterprise Geodatabase
Version found10.3.1
StatusNon-Reproducible

Additional Information

Not reproducible with the latest release. Tested at ArcGIS Pro 2.1.

Workaround

From ArcGIS for Desktop, make a direct connection to the desired user-schema geodatabase, and use the same connection file in order to connect successfully from ArcGIS Pro. Steps: 1. In ArcCatalog, create a connection to the desired user-schema geodatabase. 2. Open ArcGIS Pro and click 'Add Folder Connection' to the folder which contains the SDE connection files. 3. In the Folder Connection, right-click the SDE connection > Click Add To Project. 4. The connection shows up under 'Databases' for the project. 5. Connect to the user-schema geodatabase and observe that the connection succeeds.

Steps to Reproduce

Bug ID: BUG-000098899

Software:

  • ArcSDE/Enterprise Geodatabase

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