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MySQL and SQL Server do not support feature level locking or persistent
locking. Locks are released when the connection is closed.
SDF does not support locking. Be very careful when working in a multiuser
environment.
SHP supports file locking only as long as you are connected to the data.
When you close your map, break the connection, or go offline, the file is
unlocked.
Tell me more
Video
Show me how to draft a new feature for
an existing feature class.
Show me how to edit features stored in
a database or data store.
Show me how to check out features for
editing in the field.
Procedure
To create new features (page 686)
To edit features (page 701)
Tutorial
Exercise 2: Check out and edit a fea-
ture
Workflow
Edit Features in a Geospatial Feature
Source
Add Features to an Existing ArcSDE
Feature Class
Work Offline from an Enterprise Data-
base
GIS Skill
Draft new features for an existing feature
class.
Edit feature geometry directly in a SHP
file using CAD tools.
Check out features to edit in the field and
update the database later.
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