GDB Table properties
Summary
The Describe function returns the following properties for Geodatabase Tables. Table Properties and Dataset Properties are also supported.
A Geodatabase Table returns a dataType of "Table".
Properties
| Property | Explanation | Data Type |
| aliasName (Read Only) |
The alias name for the table. | String |
| defaultSubtypeCode (Read Only) |
The default subtype code. | String |
| extensionProperties (Read Only) | The properties for the class extension. | Object |
| globalIDFieldName (Read Only) |
The name of the GlobalID field. | String |
| hasGlobalID (Read Only) |
Indicates whether the table has a GlobalID field. | Boolean |
| modelName (Read Only) |
The model name for the table. | String |
| rasterFieldName (Read Only) |
The name of the raster field. | String |
| relationshipClassNames (Read Only) |
The names of the Relationship Classes that this table participates in. | String |
| subtypeFieldName (Read Only) |
The name of the subtype field. | String |
Code Sample
GDB Table properties example (stand-alone script)
The following stand-alone script displays some properties of a GDB table.
import arcpy
# Create a Describe object from the GDB table.
#
desc = arcpy.Describe("C:/data/chesapeake.gdb/munich")
# Print GDB Table properties
#
print "%-22s %s" % ("AliasName:", desc.aliasName)
print "%-22s %s" % ("DefaultSubtypeCode:", desc.defaultSubtypeCode)
print "%-22s %s" % ("GlobalIDFieldName:", desc.globalIDFieldName)
print "%-22s %s" % ("ModelName:", desc.modelName)
print "%-22s %s" % ("RasterFieldName:", desc.rasterFieldName)
print "%-22s %s" % ("RelationshipClassNames:", desc.relationshipClassNames)
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