Convert v10 file geodatabase to a v9.3.1 file geodatabase?

[AshleyIgnatius]

Hi,
I have a file geodatabase that I created in v10 but I need to provide it to someone who is running 9.3.1. Is there a way to convert my database from v10 to v9.3.1?

[SabrinaJoplin]

Hi,
I have a file geodatabase that I created in v10 but I need to provide it to someone who is running 9.3.1. Is there a way to convert my database from v10 to v9.3.1?

The easiest way I have found to do this is to bring all of the contents of the geodatabase into a new mxd.  Group your layers as you would like to have them saved into datasets.  Next group all of the contents into one overall group.  Right click the overall layer group and provide a description under the general tap.  Make sure to insert a description for every grouping (soon to be datasets), as well.

Right click the overall group layer and create a layer package. Open up the layer package and navigate to the source of your files.  There you will find a copy of the 9.3 and v.10 database.

[Jean-FrançoisLabrecque]

The easiest way I have found to do this is to bring all of the contents of the geodatabase into a new mxd.  Group your layers as you would like to have them saved into datasets.  Next group all of the contents into one overall group.  Right click the overall layer group and provide a description under the general tap.  Make sure to insert a description for every grouping (soon to be datasets), as well.

Right click the overall group layer and create a layer package. Open up the layer package and navigate to the source of your files.  There you will find a copy of the 9.3 and v.10 database.

Hello,

The problem with this solution is that the lyr is not showing rapidly enough when it is charged in ArcGIS.

[ChanYuk_Yu]

Hi,

I created an empty v9.3 gdb and import scheme from a xml of a V10.0 gdb.

The import is success at the first glance. It included feature class, domain and relationship class.

But when I close and reopen ArcGIS10 and check v9.3 gdb, domain tables disappear while feature class and relationship remains.

Domain table contain Chinese character. I wonder if it is the reason because I can read chinese in v10.gdb, but fail in v9.3.gdb

Any thoughts would help. Thank you very much.

[ChanYuk_Yu]

Problem is solved by change the language setting: Go to Region and language, administrative, change language for non-Unicode programs to Chinese.