ListWorkspaces method
Release 9.1 Last modified August 19, 2005	Print all topics in : "Properties and Methods"

Lists all workspaces within the selected workspace. Specifying search conditions (wildcard) and a workspace type will limit the results. The workspace must be specified before using any of the List methods, except ListFields and ListIndexes.

Syntax

object.ListWorkspaces([wild card], [WorkspaceType]) as Object

Returns a Dispatch enumeration object that will, in turn, hand out the names of the workspaces located under the location specified by the WORKSPACE environment. The returned workspaces are folders, Microsoft Access, and SDE.

Part	Description
object	The instantiated geoprocessing object
wild card	Optional. Combination of * and characters that will help limit the results. The asterisk (*) is the same as saying ALL. If no wildcard is specified, then all workspaces will be returned.
WorkspaceType	Optional. Keyword WorkspaceType that will limit the returned workspaces. Valid WorkspaceTypes for this method are: Coverage—only coverage workspaces will be selected. Access—only personal geodatabases will be selected. SDE—only SDE databases will be selected. Folder—only shapefile workspaces will be selected. ALL—All workspaces will be selected. This is the default.

Examples

from win32com.client import Dispatch
gp = Dispatch("esriGeoprocessing.GpDispatch.1")

gp.workspace = "c:\\county"

# List all access workspaces in the current workspace
workspaces = gp.listworkspaces("*", "access")
workspace = workspaces.next()
while workspace:
    # Compact each geodatabase
    gp.compact(workspace)
    workspace = workspaces.next()

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