Esri Geodatabase (File Geodb Open API) User Attributes

For information on the parameters in this dialog that are common to all readers, see:

For information on the parameters in this dialog that are common to all writers, see:

User attributes for this format are defined below.

Name

 The name of the field to be written.

Type

Choose one of the following field types.

Closedsmallint

This type is used to represent 16-bit signed integers.

Closedint

This type is used to represent 32-bit signed integers.

Closedsingle

This type is used to represent 32-bit float values.

Closeddouble

This type is used to represent 64-bit values.

Closeddate

This type is used to store and retrieve date information within the Geodatabase.

When a date field is read by the Geodatabase, it is placed in the FME feature with the form HHMMSS, YYYYMMDD, or YYYYMMDDHHMMSS. The time portion is specified using the 24-hour clock. When writing, the date attribute must also be in one of these three forms. These forms are compatible with all other FME dates.

See Standard FME Date/Time Format.

Closedobjectid

This type is used to represent object IDs. There is (at most) one per row. This field type is read only; values will be automatically assigned on write.

Closedglobalid

This type is used to represent global IDs. There is one per row. This field type is read only.

Closedguid

This type is used to represent GUIDs.

Closedblob

This type is used to represent arbitrary length binary data.

Closedxml

This type is used to represent XML data.

Closedtext(n)

This type is used to represent character values with a length not exceeding n characters. FME will read from and write to geodatabases using the UTF-16 (on Windows platforms) or UTF-32 (on Linux platforms) encodings.

Index

There is only one supported index type: Indexed.

The specified indexes are created along with tables or feature classes; they are never added to existing tables or feature classes.