What is a geodatabase?
The architecture of a geodatabase
A quick tour of the geodatabase
Essential readings about the geodatabase
Table basics
Feature class basics
Raster basics
Types of geodatabases
Client and geodatabase compatibility
A quick tour of geodatabase upgrades
ArcView and the geodatabase
A quick tour of the Building a geodatabase tutorial
Exercise 1: Organizing your data in the Catalog
Exercise 2: Importing data into your geodatabase
Exercise 3: Creating subtypes and attribute domains
Exercise 4: Creating relationships between objects
Exercise 5: Building a geometric network
Exercise 6: Creating annotation
Exercise 7: Creating layers for your geodatabase data
Exercise 8: Creating a topology
An overview of geodatabase design
Geodatabase design steps
Using ArcGIS data model designs
Documenting your geodatabase design
Modeling feature classes
A note about the use of UML for geodatabase design
Design tips
An overview and definition of geodatabase properties
An overview of table properties
Defining tables
Defining fields in tables
Geodatabase field data types
Data types in the DBMS
A quick tour of Unicode
An overview of spatial indexes in the geodatabase
A quick tour of setting a spatial index
Modifying a spatial grid index
An overview of spatial references
The properties of a spatial reference
Working with pre-9.2 spatial references
Choosing the resolution and domain of a low-precision spatial reference
What are configuration keywords?
Configuration keywords for file geodatabases
Configuration keywords for ArcSDE geodatabases
An overview of creating geodatabases
A comparison of geodatabase types
Creating a personal geodatabase
Creating a file geodatabase
Creating file and personal geodatabases using geoprocessing tools
Creating a geodatabase on a database server
Creation of ArcSDE geodatabases licensed through ArcGIS Server Enterprise
Schema locking
About copying the schema of a geodatabase
Exporting a geodatabase schema to an XML workspace document
Importing a geodatabase schema from an XML workspace document
Copying a geodatabase schema using Extract Data Wizard in ArcMap
Copying the geodatabase schema of an ArcGIS data model template
Using CASE tools and UML to create a geodatabase schema
Overview of copying geodatabases
Copying a geodatabase using the Copy tool
Copying a geodatabase using geodatabase XML workspaces
Copying a geodatabase using Extract Data Wizard in ArcMap
Copying feature classes using Export
Migrating to the file geodatabase
Migrating to high precision
Migrating data from a newer geodatabase release to an older one
An overview of adding datasets to the geodatabase
Creating datasets in the Catalog tree
Copying feature datasets, classes, and tables to another geodatabase
A quick tour of registering tables with the geodatabase
Registering a table with the geodatabase
A quick tour of exporting data
Exporting feature datasets, classes, and tables
Exporting features or records to an export file
About exporting selected features and records
Exporting selected features with the Extract Data wizard
Exporting selected features with the Export Data command
Exporting selected records from a table
About loading data into existing feature classes and tables
Workflow strategies for loading data
Loading data in the Catalog tree
About loading data in ArcMap
Adding the Load Objects command to ArcMap
Loading data with the Load Objects command
Loading an XML recordset document in the Catalog tree
Adding the Load XML Recordset Document command to ArcMap
Loading an XML Recordset document in ArcMap
An overview of importing datasets
About importing feature classes
Importing a feature class (single)
Importing a feature class (multiple)
About importing tables
Importing a table (single)
Importing a table (multiple)
Importing a raster dataset
Importing feature datasets, classes, and tables from an XML workspace document
How data converts when importing
What is a file geodatabase?
What is a personal geodatabase?
A quick tour of managing file and personal geodatabases
Creating a file geodatabase
File geodatabase size and name limits
Creating a personal geodatabase
File geodatabases: compressing vs. compacting
Compressing file geodatabase data
Compacting file and personal geodatabases
File geodatabases and Windows Explorer
File geodatabases and locking
Renaming a geodatabase
Moving a file or personal geodatabase
Upgrading file and personal geodatabases
What are database servers in ArcGIS?
A quick tour of setting up and using database servers
Essential database server vocabulary
Installing SQL Server Express
Enabling SQL Server Express to store geodatabases
Adding a database server to ArcGIS Desktop
The administrative user for database servers
Adding users or groups to a database server
Creating a geodatabase on a database server
What is the full-text search engine?
Full-text catalogs and database servers
Making sure SQL Server Express with Advanced Services is installed
Setting the language for linguistic analysis in ArcSDE geodatabases for SQL Server Express
What types of connections are made to database servers?
What client and ArcSDE geodatabases for SQL Server Express versions are compatible?
Connecting to a database server
Connecting to a geodatabase on a database server
Connecting to an ArcSDE geodatabase for SQL Server Express
Saving a geodatabase connection to a specific version
Disconnecting from a database server
Database server connection states
Pausing a database server
Stopping a database server
Restarting a database server that was stopped or paused
Troubleshooting database servers
A quick tour of permissions for database servers
Granting or revoking server administrator permissions
Altering geodatabase permissions
Altering dataset permission in ArcSDE geodatabases for SQL Server Express
A quick tour of administering database servers
Creating a backup of a geodatabase on a database server
Restoring a geodatabase to a database server
Detaching a geodatabase from a database server
Attaching a geodatabase to a database server
Compressing a geodatabase on a database server
Updating statistics in a geodatabase on a database server
Rebuilding indexes in a geodatabase on a database server
Shrinking a geodatabase on a database server
Deleting a database server connection from the Catalog window
Deleting a geodatabase from a database server
Uninstalling a SQL Server 2005 Express instance
Uninstalling a SQL Server 2008 Express instance
Upgrading a SQL Server Express instance to Advanced Services
Upgrading from SQL Server 2005 Express to SQL Server 2008 Express
Changing license keys for database servers and their geodatabases
Upgrading a geodatabase on a database server
A quick tour of the database servers tutorial
Exercise 1: Add a database server to the Catalog tree and create a geodatabase
Exercise 2: Load data into a geodatabase and update statistics
Exercise 3: Attach, create a backup of, and upgrade a geodatabase
Exercise 4: Add users and administer their permissions
Exercise 5: Make nonversioned edits as a read/write user
Exercise 6: Restore a geodatabase
Exercise 7: Connect as a geodatabase administrator, load data, register it as versioned, and create a version
Exercise 8: Making versioned edits as a read/write user
Exercise 9: Compress the Osokopf geodatabase, rebuild indexes, and shrink the geodatabase while logged in as a geodatabase administrator
Exercise 10: Detach the buildings geodatabase from the database server