Importing ESRI GRID to ENVI

I'm not sure if ENVI documentation is lousy or just not searchable, but I could not find any good information on how to import ESRI GRID to ENVI ... and the ENVI UI is so unintuitive (hint to ITTVIS, why not just streamline the whole "external file" thing into the same "open image" command used to import geotiffs and the like?) as to make a simple task need explaining!

THIS FUNCTIONALITY IS ONLY AVAILABLE IN THE WIN 32 VERSION!

1. File > Open External File > IP Formats > ESRI GRID
2. Navigate to the hdr.adf within the folder with the same name as the vector you are trying to open and open this

"select * into" in mysql

"select * into" is not allowed in mysql. Here is an example to get around this limitation:

CREATE TABLE newtable SELECT * FROM oldtable


originally found here

find/replace text mysql

update TABLE_NAME set FIELD_NAME = replace(FIELD_NAME, ‘find this string’, ‘replace found string with this string’);

from: http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/04/23/how-to-find-and-replace-text-in-mysql-database-using-sql/

Classify Dialog does not open

Problem: Classify dialog does not open when hitting button "Classify ..." under Spatial Analyst "Reclassify" tool

Solution: Was trying to do this on an image (JPG). Must convert to a native ArcGIS grid to get the Classify dialog with histogram.

EveryDWG CAD Command Line

EveryDWG is a utility provided by the Open Design Alliance, a consortium of firms mostly organized around DWG and other CAD standards, for doing conversion from all versions of DWG to DXF (DXF is the more interchangeable format). I was having a hard time getting this utility to work from the command line -- whenever I'd run the command I'd getting a window giving me information about proper syntax. The only trouble is THE SYNTAX USED IN THE WINDOW IS NOT CORRECT! The window says "Command line format is: Quoted input folder Quoted Output folder", but if you actually put quotes on these the command doesn't run and you're back in the same place! Here is an example of the proper syntax:

everydwg C:\TEMP C:\TEMP\OUTPUT ACAD2000 DXF 0 1

make on windows (GNU), dmake

finally found a suitable (and open source!) make executable for windows 64x, dmake. I posted it on a serve I control, so now it'll always be available (it's GNU)

Blocks not displaying in their regions?

Blocks not displaying in their regions? Delete the block and then create it again and add again to the appropriate region. This worked for me.