ArcGIS Help 10.1 - Scripting geodatabase creation in Informix

You can copy and alter an example script to create a geodatabase in an IBM Informix database.

There are additional tasks you must complete before running the script. Those tasks and the script itself are described in the following steps:

Steps:

Install and configure Informix on your server.
Be sure the Informix Basic Text Search module is registered.
Register the Informix Spatial DataBlade module.
Create an operating system login named sde on the Informix server.
Uncomment the VPCLASS parameter in the Informix ONCONFIG file to run Java user-defined routines (UDRs), then restart Informix.
Create a database in the Informix instance and configure storage spaces.
Grant the EXTEND role and RESOURCE privilege to the sde user you created in step 4.
If you will be running the Python script from a different computer than the Informix server, install and configure the Informix client on the computer from which you will run the script.
The Informix client can be downloaded from the Esri Customer Care Portal. See the Informix documentation for instructions to install the client. If you are installing the Informix client to run with a 32-bit ArcGIS client, install the 32-bit Informix IConnect client. If you are installing the Informix client to run with ArcGIS for Server, install the 64-bit IConnect client. See Setting up a connection to Informix for more information.

Copy this example script to the Python window in ArcGIS for Desktop or to any Python IDE, such as PythonWin or WING, on a computer where ArcGIS for Desktop (Standard or Advanced), ArcGIS for Server (Standard or Advanced), or ArcGIS Engine with the Geodatabase Update extension is installed.

This example script enables geodatabase functionality in an existing Informix database:

"""
Name: enable_enterprise_gdb.py
Description: Provide connection information to an enterprise database
and enable enterprise geodatabase.
Type enable_enterprise_gdb.py -h or enable_enterprise_gdb.py --help for usage
Author: Esri
"""

# Import system modules
import arcpy, os, optparse, sys


# Define usage and version
parser = optparse.OptionParser(usage = "usage: %prog [Options]", version="%prog 1.0 for 10.1 release")

#Define help and options
parser.add_option ("--DBMS", dest="Database_type", type="choice", choices=['SQLSERVER', 'ORACLE', 'POSTGRESQL', 'DB2','INFORMIX','DB2ZOS', ''], default="", help="Type of enterprise DBMS:  SQLSERVER, ORACLE, POSTGRESQL, DB2, INFORMIX, or DB2ZOS.")
parser.add_option ("-i", dest="Instance", type="string", default="", help="DBMS instance name")
parser.add_option ("--auth", dest="account_authentication", type ="choice", choices=['DATABASE_AUTH', 'OPERATING_SYSTEM_AUTH'], default='DATABASE_AUTH', help="Authentication type options (case-sensitive):  DATABASE_AUTH, OPERATING_SYSTEM_AUTH.  Default=DATABASE_AUTH")
parser.add_option ("-u", dest="User", type="string", default="", help="Geodatabase administrator user name")
parser.add_option ("-p", dest="Password", type="string", default="", help="Geodatabase  administrator password")
parser.add_option ("-D", dest="Database", type="string", default="none", help="Database name:  Not required for Oracle")
parser.add_option ("-l", dest="Authorization_file", type="string", default="", help="Full path and name of authorization file")


# Check if value entered for option
try:
	(options, args) = parser.parse_args()

	
#Check if no system arguments (options) entered
	if len(sys.argv) == 1:
		print "%s: error: %s\n" % (sys.argv[0], "No command options given")
		parser.print_help()
		sys.exit(3)
	

	#Usage parameters for spatial database connection
	database_type = options.Database_type.upper()
	instance = options.Instance
	account_authentication = options.account_authentication.upper()
	username = options.User.lower() 
	password = options.Password	
	database = options.Database.lower()
	license = options.Authorization_file


	if( database_type ==""):	
		print " \n%s: error: \n%s\n" % (sys.argv[0], "DBMS type (--DBMS) must be specified.")
		parser.print_help()
		sys.exit(3)		
		
	if (license == ""):
		print " \n%s: error: \n%s\n" % (sys.argv[0], "Authorization file (-l) must be specified.")
		parser.print_help()
		sys.exit(3)

	if (database_type == "SQLSERVER"):
		database_type = "SQL_SERVER"
		
	# Get the current product license
	product_license=arcpy.ProductInfo()
	
	if (license == ""):
		print " \n%s: error: %s\n" % (sys.argv[0], "Authorization file (-l) must be specified.")
		parser.print_help()
		sys.exit(3)
	
	# Checks required license level
	if product_license.upper() == "ARCVIEW" or product_license.upper() == 'ENGINE':
		print "\n" + product_license + " license found!" + "  Enabling enterprise geodatabase functionality requires an ArcGIS for Desktop Standard or Advanced, ArcGIS Engine with the Geodatabase Update extension, or ArcGIS for Server license."
		sys.exit("Re-authorize ArcGIS before enabling an enterprise geodatabase.")
	else:
		print "\n" + product_license + " license available!  Continuing to enable..."
		arcpy.AddMessage("+++++++++")
	
	# Local variables
	instance_temp = instance.replace("\\","_")
	instance_temp = instance_temp.replace("/","_")
	instance_temp = instance_temp.replace(":","_")
	Conn_File_NameT = instance_temp + "_" + database + "_" + username    
	
	if os.environ.get("TEMP") == None:
		temp = "c:\\temp"	
	else:
		temp = os.environ.get("TEMP")
	
	if os.environ.get("TMP") == None:
		temp = "/usr/tmp"		
	else:
		temp = os.environ.get("TMP")  
	

	Connection_File_Name = Conn_File_NameT + ".sde"
	Connection_File_Name_full_path = temp + os.sep + Conn_File_NameT + ".sde"
	
	# Check for the .sde file and delete it if present
	arcpy.env.overwriteOutput=True
	if os.path.exists(Connection_File_Name_full_path):
		os.remove(Connection_File_Name_full_path)
	
	print "\nCreating Database Connection File...\n"	
	# Process: Create Database Connection File...
	# Usage:  out_file_location, out_file_name, DBMS_TYPE, instnace, database, account_authentication, username, password, save_username_password(must be true)
	arcpy.CreateDatabaseConnection_management(out_folder_path=temp, out_name=Connection_File_Name, database_platform=database_type, instance=instance, database=database, account_authentication=account_authentication, username=username, password=password, save_user_pass="TRUE")
        for i in range(arcpy.GetMessageCount()):
		if "000565" in arcpy.GetMessage(i):   #Check if database connection was successful
			arcpy.AddReturnMessage(i)
			arcpy.AddMessage("\n+++++++++")
			arcpy.AddMessage("Exiting!!")
			arcpy.AddMessage("+++++++++\n")
			sys.exit(3)            
		else:
			arcpy.AddReturnMessage(i)
			arcpy.AddMessage("+++++++++\n")
	
	
	# Process: Enable geodatabase...
	try:
		print "Enabling Enterprise Geodatabase...\n"
		arcpy.EnableEnterpriseGeodatabase_management(input_workspace=Connection_File_Name_full_path, authorization_file=license)
		for i in range(arcpy.GetMessageCount()):
			arcpy.AddReturnMessage(i)
		arcpy.AddMessage("+++++++++\n")
	except:
		for i in range(arcpy.GetMessageCount()):
			arcpy.AddReturnMessage(i)
			
	if os.path.exists(Connection_File_Name_full_path):
		os.remove(Connection_File_Name_full_path)
			
#Check if no value entered for option	
except SystemExit as e:
	if e.code == 2:
		parser.usage = ""
		print "\n"
		parser.print_help() 
		parser.exit(2)

Alter the script to include the information specific to your site.
Run the script you copied and altered.

A log file for the geodatabase creation (GDBCreateGeodatabase<#>.log) is written to the directory specified for your TEMP or TMP variable on the computer where the script is run.

Scripting geodatabase creation in Informix

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