On Feb 18, 2:19 pm, "Gabriel Genellina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > En Sun, 18 Feb 2007 13:12:20 -0300, GISDude <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > escribió: > > > I am a GIS(geographic information systems) Analyst and in our > > software(ESRI ARCGIS 9.1) ESRI has implemented Python 2.1 as the > > scripting language of choice. > > > In my script I'm going thru a dbf file and extracting NON-NULL values > > in a field. What I need to do with that is create a new dbf table with > > the values I found in it. > > I think you should either read the ArcGis documentation, or post your > question in a specilized forum. > Your problem is not about Python itself, but on how to use the > esriGeoprocessing object. > > > GP.Select_Analysis("neighborhoods.shp", "neighborhoods_names.shp", ' > > "Names" <> \ "null\" ') > > > #at this point I'm stuck. how do I query out a NON- > > NULL value? > > #or a value in the Names field? > > As a side note, on a standard SQL database, the condition would read > "Names IS NOT NULL", but I don't know if this is applicable or not. > > -- > Gabriel Genellina
Gabriel, Thanks for the reply. After looking at the docs again, you are correct "NAMES" IS NOT NULL would be the correct syntax. I thought it was "NAMES" <> NULL Thanks again -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list