Is there a way to create a spatial database from ArcCatalog that also creates the ArcSDE user, repository, and service.
Basically, I am trying to do everything that the ArcSDE Post Installation does, but from ArcCatalog.
I am using version 10 of ArcCatalog and ArcSDE and SQL Server 2008 R2.
Thanks,
Seth
Best Answer
No. The closest you're going to get is with personal or workgroup SDE. Those editions let you create databases from ArcCatalog but you still need to run the post-install initially to set up a SQL Server Express instance. If you're using enterprise, you're stuck with the post install (or the command line tools :)).