shrug-l: ArcGIS 10 GDB to ArcGIS 9.3 GDB

[Tripp Corbin]

I was just asked by a client how to convert a newly created GDB in
ArcGIS 10 to one that could be read by ArcGIS 9.3. Before 10, I would
normally do this by moving everything to a personal GDB and editing the
GDB_ReleaseInfo table to have the values the older versions expected to
see. This always worked great as long as your GDB was fairly simple
without a lot of higher end features such as geometric networks or
parcel fabrics.

 

ArcGIS 10 however has completely revamped the personal Geodatabase
schema so the GDB_ReleaseInfo table does not exist and I have not been
able to find a table that contains similar information. So this method
will no longer work for converting back to older versions. ESRI
recommends if you want to convert to an older version, you should create
a new GDB using an older version of the software. Then copy and paste
the data from the ArcGIS 10 GDB to the newly created older version GDB
from an ArcGIS 10 install. This is great if you have a computer
installed with the older version but what do you do if you don't.

 

One option I found is to create layer packages. When creating a layer
package it has the option to create one that is compatible with older
versions of ArcGIS. Here is a link to the online help with more
information. If anyone else has ideas or methods they use I would be
interested in hearing them.

 

http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#//001700000
0q4000000.htm

 

Tripp Corbin, MCP, CFM, GISP
Vice President, GIS/IT
ESRI Authorized Instructor
CompTIA Certified Technical Trainer
Keck & Wood, Inc. <http://www.keckwood.com/> 
(678) 417-4013
(678) 417-4055 fax



 

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