Update records with ArcPy update cursor? Geodatabase format












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I try to update thousands of rows when all records get the same value.
My code has a loop that runs thousands of times.
Is it possible for the program to make the change to all the columns in one command and save run time ?



For example, php+mySQL can do this:



mysql_query("UPDATE all_records SET Xcenter = $val1, Ycenter = $val2 WHERE ID > 100");


This is my code:



    for row in rows:

    row.setValue("Xcenter", val1)

    row.setValue("Ycenter", val2)

    rows.updateRow(row)





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  • Please Edit the question to specify the data storage format of the target (file geodatabase, RDBMS, shapefile,...) and provide a sample of your existing code.
    – Vince
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    By thousands of fields, you actually mean thousands of rows/records?
    – BERA
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    Please add more code, since that fragment is missing cursor creation. Note that there are no versions of ArcGIS which aren't retired for which non-DataAccess cursors are appropriate. setRow is not supported on DataAcess cursor rows, and DataAcess cursors are much faster than the old, deprecated cursors. You also have indent issues.
    – Vince
    2 hours ago












  • exactly. I mean thousands of records. I updated. Thanks
    – Oz1988
    2 hours ago










  • What's wrong with a for loop? In essence, it's exactly what's going one behind the scenes of any other method, except, with a da cursor, it should be more efficient than using an unnecessary intermediary like CalculateField.
    – Tom
    1 hour ago
















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I try to update thousands of rows when all records get the same value.
My code has a loop that runs thousands of times.
Is it possible for the program to make the change to all the columns in one command and save run time ?



For example, php+mySQL can do this:



mysql_query("UPDATE all_records SET Xcenter = $val1, Ycenter = $val2 WHERE ID > 100");


This is my code:



    for row in rows:

    row.setValue("Xcenter", val1)

    row.setValue("Ycenter", val2)

    rows.updateRow(row)





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  • Please Edit the question to specify the data storage format of the target (file geodatabase, RDBMS, shapefile,...) and provide a sample of your existing code.
    – Vince
    3 hours ago






  • 1




    By thousands of fields, you actually mean thousands of rows/records?
    – BERA
    2 hours ago






  • 1




    Please add more code, since that fragment is missing cursor creation. Note that there are no versions of ArcGIS which aren't retired for which non-DataAccess cursors are appropriate. setRow is not supported on DataAcess cursor rows, and DataAcess cursors are much faster than the old, deprecated cursors. You also have indent issues.
    – Vince
    2 hours ago












  • exactly. I mean thousands of records. I updated. Thanks
    – Oz1988
    2 hours ago










  • What's wrong with a for loop? In essence, it's exactly what's going one behind the scenes of any other method, except, with a da cursor, it should be more efficient than using an unnecessary intermediary like CalculateField.
    – Tom
    1 hour ago














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I try to update thousands of rows when all records get the same value.
My code has a loop that runs thousands of times.
Is it possible for the program to make the change to all the columns in one command and save run time ?



For example, php+mySQL can do this:



mysql_query("UPDATE all_records SET Xcenter = $val1, Ycenter = $val2 WHERE ID > 100");


This is my code:



    for row in rows:

    row.setValue("Xcenter", val1)

    row.setValue("Ycenter", val2)

    rows.updateRow(row)





arcpy arcmap







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I try to update thousands of rows when all records get the same value.
My code has a loop that runs thousands of times.
Is it possible for the program to make the change to all the columns in one command and save run time ?



For example, php+mySQL can do this:



mysql_query("UPDATE all_records SET Xcenter = $val1, Ycenter = $val2 WHERE ID > 100");


This is my code:



    for row in rows:

    row.setValue("Xcenter", val1)

    row.setValue("Ycenter", val2)

    rows.updateRow(row)





arcpy arcmap




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  • Please Edit the question to specify the data storage format of the target (file geodatabase, RDBMS, shapefile,...) and provide a sample of your existing code.
    – Vince
    3 hours ago






  • 1




    By thousands of fields, you actually mean thousands of rows/records?
    – BERA
    2 hours ago






  • 1




    Please add more code, since that fragment is missing cursor creation. Note that there are no versions of ArcGIS which aren't retired for which non-DataAccess cursors are appropriate. setRow is not supported on DataAcess cursor rows, and DataAcess cursors are much faster than the old, deprecated cursors. You also have indent issues.
    – Vince
    2 hours ago












  • exactly. I mean thousands of records. I updated. Thanks
    – Oz1988
    2 hours ago










  • What's wrong with a for loop? In essence, it's exactly what's going one behind the scenes of any other method, except, with a da cursor, it should be more efficient than using an unnecessary intermediary like CalculateField.
    – Tom
    1 hour ago


















  • Please Edit the question to specify the data storage format of the target (file geodatabase, RDBMS, shapefile,...) and provide a sample of your existing code.
    – Vince
    3 hours ago






  • 1




    By thousands of fields, you actually mean thousands of rows/records?
    – BERA
    2 hours ago






  • 1




    Please add more code, since that fragment is missing cursor creation. Note that there are no versions of ArcGIS which aren't retired for which non-DataAccess cursors are appropriate. setRow is not supported on DataAcess cursor rows, and DataAcess cursors are much faster than the old, deprecated cursors. You also have indent issues.
    – Vince
    2 hours ago












  • exactly. I mean thousands of records. I updated. Thanks
    – Oz1988
    2 hours ago










  • What's wrong with a for loop? In essence, it's exactly what's going one behind the scenes of any other method, except, with a da cursor, it should be more efficient than using an unnecessary intermediary like CalculateField.
    – Tom
    1 hour ago
















Please Edit the question to specify the data storage format of the target (file geodatabase, RDBMS, shapefile,...) and provide a sample of your existing code.
– Vince
3 hours ago




Please Edit the question to specify the data storage format of the target (file geodatabase, RDBMS, shapefile,...) and provide a sample of your existing code.
– Vince
3 hours ago




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By thousands of fields, you actually mean thousands of rows/records?
– BERA
2 hours ago




By thousands of fields, you actually mean thousands of rows/records?
– BERA
2 hours ago




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Please add more code, since that fragment is missing cursor creation. Note that there are no versions of ArcGIS which aren't retired for which non-DataAccess cursors are appropriate. setRow is not supported on DataAcess cursor rows, and DataAcess cursors are much faster than the old, deprecated cursors. You also have indent issues.
– Vince
2 hours ago






Please add more code, since that fragment is missing cursor creation. Note that there are no versions of ArcGIS which aren't retired for which non-DataAccess cursors are appropriate. setRow is not supported on DataAcess cursor rows, and DataAcess cursors are much faster than the old, deprecated cursors. You also have indent issues.
– Vince
2 hours ago














exactly. I mean thousands of records. I updated. Thanks
– Oz1988
2 hours ago




exactly. I mean thousands of records. I updated. Thanks
– Oz1988
2 hours ago












What's wrong with a for loop? In essence, it's exactly what's going one behind the scenes of any other method, except, with a da cursor, it should be more efficient than using an unnecessary intermediary like CalculateField.
– Tom
1 hour ago




What's wrong with a for loop? In essence, it's exactly what's going one behind the scenes of any other method, except, with a da cursor, it should be more efficient than using an unnecessary intermediary like CalculateField.
– Tom
1 hour ago










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Try the da.UpdateCursor:



import arcpy

feature_class = r'C:data.gdbfeatures1'



val1 = 123

val2 = 456



sql = """{0} > 100""".format(arcpy.AddFieldDelimiters(feature_class, 'ID'))



fields_to_update = ['Xcenter','Ycenter']

with arcpy.da.UpdateCursor(feature_class, fields_to_update, sql) as cursor:

    for row in cursor:

        row = val1, val2

        cursor.updateRow(row)





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  • First of all thank you Also in your program there is a loop that runs thousands of times (as many records) I'm looking for something to do it at once. The values I put are identical to all records so I do not want to run thousands of times in a loop
    – Oz1988
    2 hours ago








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    @Oz1988: The data access cursors (da.UpdateCursor etc.) are very fast so thousands of rows should not be a problem, it should finish in a few seconds. This is what they are designed to do. I know no other way.
    – BERA
    2 hours ago








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    @Oz1988 If you had a large number of rows (tens to hundreds of millions), it would actually be much faster to set multiple values per row than to use the Field Calculator one column at a time. Your stated goal and intended methodology are incongruous.
    – Vince
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    Try the da.UpdateCursor:



    import arcpy
    
feature_class = r'C:data.gdbfeatures1'
    

    
val1 = 123
    
val2 = 456
    

    
sql = """{0} > 100""".format(arcpy.AddFieldDelimiters(feature_class, 'ID'))
    

    
fields_to_update = ['Xcenter','Ycenter']
    
with arcpy.da.UpdateCursor(feature_class, fields_to_update, sql) as cursor:
    
    for row in cursor:
    
        row = val1, val2
    
        cursor.updateRow(row)





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    • First of all thank you Also in your program there is a loop that runs thousands of times (as many records) I'm looking for something to do it at once. The values I put are identical to all records so I do not want to run thousands of times in a loop
      – Oz1988
      2 hours ago








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      @Oz1988: The data access cursors (da.UpdateCursor etc.) are very fast so thousands of rows should not be a problem, it should finish in a few seconds. This is what they are designed to do. I know no other way.
      – BERA
      2 hours ago








    • 1




      @Oz1988 If you had a large number of rows (tens to hundreds of millions), it would actually be much faster to set multiple values per row than to use the Field Calculator one column at a time. Your stated goal and intended methodology are incongruous.
      – Vince
      2 hours ago


















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    Try the da.UpdateCursor:



    import arcpy
    
feature_class = r'C:data.gdbfeatures1'
    

    
val1 = 123
    
val2 = 456
    

    
sql = """{0} > 100""".format(arcpy.AddFieldDelimiters(feature_class, 'ID'))
    

    
fields_to_update = ['Xcenter','Ycenter']
    
with arcpy.da.UpdateCursor(feature_class, fields_to_update, sql) as cursor:
    
    for row in cursor:
    
        row = val1, val2
    
        cursor.updateRow(row)





    share|improve this answer























    • First of all thank you Also in your program there is a loop that runs thousands of times (as many records) I'm looking for something to do it at once. The values I put are identical to all records so I do not want to run thousands of times in a loop
      – Oz1988
      2 hours ago








    • 1




      @Oz1988: The data access cursors (da.UpdateCursor etc.) are very fast so thousands of rows should not be a problem, it should finish in a few seconds. This is what they are designed to do. I know no other way.
      – BERA
      2 hours ago








    • 1




      @Oz1988 If you had a large number of rows (tens to hundreds of millions), it would actually be much faster to set multiple values per row than to use the Field Calculator one column at a time. Your stated goal and intended methodology are incongruous.
      – Vince
      2 hours ago
















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    2






    Try the da.UpdateCursor:



    import arcpy
    
feature_class = r'C:data.gdbfeatures1'
    

    
val1 = 123
    
val2 = 456
    

    
sql = """{0} > 100""".format(arcpy.AddFieldDelimiters(feature_class, 'ID'))
    

    
fields_to_update = ['Xcenter','Ycenter']
    
with arcpy.da.UpdateCursor(feature_class, fields_to_update, sql) as cursor:
    
    for row in cursor:
    
        row = val1, val2
    
        cursor.updateRow(row)





    share|improve this answer














    Try the da.UpdateCursor:



    import arcpy
    
feature_class = r'C:data.gdbfeatures1'
    

    
val1 = 123
    
val2 = 456
    

    
sql = """{0} > 100""".format(arcpy.AddFieldDelimiters(feature_class, 'ID'))
    

    
fields_to_update = ['Xcenter','Ycenter']
    
with arcpy.da.UpdateCursor(feature_class, fields_to_update, sql) as cursor:
    
    for row in cursor:
    
        row = val1, val2
    
        cursor.updateRow(row)






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    • First of all thank you Also in your program there is a loop that runs thousands of times (as many records) I'm looking for something to do it at once. The values I put are identical to all records so I do not want to run thousands of times in a loop
      – Oz1988
      2 hours ago








    • 1




      @Oz1988: The data access cursors (da.UpdateCursor etc.) are very fast so thousands of rows should not be a problem, it should finish in a few seconds. This is what they are designed to do. I know no other way.
      – BERA
      2 hours ago








    • 1




      @Oz1988 If you had a large number of rows (tens to hundreds of millions), it would actually be much faster to set multiple values per row than to use the Field Calculator one column at a time. Your stated goal and intended methodology are incongruous.
      – Vince
      2 hours ago




















    • First of all thank you Also in your program there is a loop that runs thousands of times (as many records) I'm looking for something to do it at once. The values I put are identical to all records so I do not want to run thousands of times in a loop
      – Oz1988
      2 hours ago








    • 1




      @Oz1988: The data access cursors (da.UpdateCursor etc.) are very fast so thousands of rows should not be a problem, it should finish in a few seconds. This is what they are designed to do. I know no other way.
      – BERA
      2 hours ago








    • 1




      @Oz1988 If you had a large number of rows (tens to hundreds of millions), it would actually be much faster to set multiple values per row than to use the Field Calculator one column at a time. Your stated goal and intended methodology are incongruous.
      – Vince
      2 hours ago


















    First of all thank you Also in your program there is a loop that runs thousands of times (as many records) I'm looking for something to do it at once. The values I put are identical to all records so I do not want to run thousands of times in a loop
    – Oz1988
    2 hours ago






    First of all thank you Also in your program there is a loop that runs thousands of times (as many records) I'm looking for something to do it at once. The values I put are identical to all records so I do not want to run thousands of times in a loop
    – Oz1988
    2 hours ago






    1




    1




    @Oz1988: The data access cursors (da.UpdateCursor etc.) are very fast so thousands of rows should not be a problem, it should finish in a few seconds. This is what they are designed to do. I know no other way.
    – BERA
    2 hours ago






    @Oz1988: The data access cursors (da.UpdateCursor etc.) are very fast so thousands of rows should not be a problem, it should finish in a few seconds. This is what they are designed to do. I know no other way.
    – BERA
    2 hours ago






    1




    1




    @Oz1988 If you had a large number of rows (tens to hundreds of millions), it would actually be much faster to set multiple values per row than to use the Field Calculator one column at a time. Your stated goal and intended methodology are incongruous.
    – Vince
    2 hours ago






    @Oz1988 If you had a large number of rows (tens to hundreds of millions), it would actually be much faster to set multiple values per row than to use the Field Calculator one column at a time. Your stated goal and intended methodology are incongruous.
    – Vince
    2 hours ago















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