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Making a selection within a Python script	Annemiek van der Veen - van Snik	Sep 16, 2004
Re: Making a selection within a Python scri...	Ghislain Prince	Sep 16, 2004
Re: Making a selection within a Python scri...	Paul Lohr	Sep 17, 2004

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Subject	Making a selection within a Python script
Author	Annemiek van der Veen - van Snik
Date	Sep 16, 2004
Message	Hi all I like to select 1 polygon from a shapefile and save that in a new shapefile. I'v tried several things. The code below is exported as a python script from a working model. The debugger can't debug the following select statement ""WSD_ID" = 'MM4-2'" How can I get this to work. I've tried changing ""WSD_ID"" to "'WSD_ID'". The code does work, only it's saving a the polygons to the new shapefile. I hope someone can help me... Kind regards Annemiek van Snik
	# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- # vv.py # Created on: Thu Sep 16 2004 03:21:38 PM # (generated by ArcGIS/ModelBuilder) # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Import system modules import sys, string, os, win32com.client # Create the Geoprocessor object gp = win32com.client.Dispatch("esriGeoprocessing.GpDispatch.1") # Load required toolboxes... gp.AddToolbox("C:/ESRI/ArcGIS/ArcToolbox/Toolboxes/Conversion Tools.tbx") gp.AddToolbox("C:/ESRI/ArcGIS/ArcToolbox/Toolboxes/Data Management Tools.tbx") # Local variables... temp = "C:/temp" wsd41en42_Layer = "wsd41en42_Layer" wsd41en42_shp = "Z:/sectoraal-nat/water/watersysteemdelen_scheepvaart/wsd41en42.shp" temp__2_ = "C:/temp" # Process: Make Feature Layer... gp.MakeFeatureLayer_management(wsd41en42_shp, wsd41en42_Layer, ""WSD_ID" = 'MM4-2'", "", "AREA AREA VISIBLE;PERIMETER PERIMETER VISIBLE;WSD WSD VISIBLE;WSD_ID WSD_ID VISIBLE;NAAM_WSD NAAM_WSD VISIBLE;OMSCHRIJVI OMSCHRIJVI VISIBLE;TYPE_VAARW TYPE_VAARW VISIBLE;VAN_KM VAN_KM VISIBLE;TOT_KM TOT_KM VISIBLE;STREEFD STREEFD VISIBLE;INGRIJPD INGRIJPD VISIBLE;ONDERHDP ONDERHDP VISIBLE;KPSP_NAP KPSP_NAP VISIBLE;DIEPGANG DIEPGANG VISIBLE") # Process: Feature Class To Shapefile (multiple)... gp.FeatureClassToShapefile_conversion("wsd41en42_Layer", temp__2_, )

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Subject	Re: Making a selection within a Python script
Author	Ghislain Prince
Date	Sep 16, 2004
Message	Hi Annemiek, from python documentation: "The backslash (\) character is used to escape characters that otherwise have a special meaning, such as newline, backslash itself, or the quote character. " The Export To Script functionality at 9.0 and 9.0 Sp1 did not have this logic. We're testing this for 9.0 Sp2. In the meantime, see below for how to make it work. Hope this helps
	# change this ""WSD_ID" = 'MM4-2'" # to this "\"WSD_ID\" = 'MM4-2'"
	Ghislain Prince ESRI

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Subject	Re: Making a selection within a Python script
Author	Paul Lohr
Date	Sep 17, 2004
Message	Instead of: "D:/MYDIRECTORY/83104_All/msla02/Polygon". Try: "D:\\MYDIRECTORY\\83104_All\\msla02\\Polygon". Perhaps using the double slashes anywhere you have a path will correct the problem. Hope this helps.
	Paul Lohr Johnson Engineering, Inc.