Is there a way to use the Area/Perimeter and Length Update tools from the Database Operation toolbox if the data is queried from Oracle Spatial? Currently, when I try to use the tool I get the message "SELECT statement returned no rows", and I can only get that far if I've connected to the database through the Settings -> Database -> Connect... option (in addition to the Oracle Interoperability connection I needed to query it).
If there's a way in the GSA to have these fields automatically updated when the geometry is altered, we'd be interested in that as well; but I'm curious why the tools aren't working for me, and why they would require a different connection than the Oracle 'graphical source'.
Thanks in advance!
Mostly working now.
For some reason I assumed that it would automatically update the values after I drew the shape even though it was an "editing" initial value. I now see that if I draw and complete the shape and then use the edit function to review the shape, it will populate these values. Then I can accept the updates and post the shape.
If I could make a feature suggestion it would be an easier way to tie a property of a feature to a geometric attribute and have it updated when the place command completes (also when an edit completes). Ideally, I would select area/perimeter/etc from a dropdown somewhere in the property attributes. These could be greyed out in the edit dialog. We have users who are bringing in AutoCAD files and converting them to spatial features. It'll be pretty tedious if they then have to 'edit' each feature to update these attributes.
Thanks for the pointers, guys.
It's good to know that its working for you now. In v8i Bentley Map automatically generates an area property for any polygon feature, and length for linear features. The properties are grayed out and not allowed for editing. If you want to select property values from a pick-list, you can create a comboBox property and push a domain list to it.
We also offer a rich Bentley Institute course for these sorts of tricks and tips. The course name is "Bentley Map Administrator".
Thanks, Mohammad Sr Geo AE, Houston