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Error on a Table-only publish for only one application: Invalid character value for cast specification

Troubleshooting


Problem

Unable to run a Table-only publish for one application when user annotations is selected. All other publishes for different applications are successful.

Symptom

Following error message displayed in the error details of the Job Management screen for the application:

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Error Number: -2147220469
Line Number: 400
Description: Unable to execute Job Item

Unable to Bulk Load the data.

Error found in output.

Starting copy...
SQLState = 22018, NativeError = 0
Error = [Microsoft][SQL Native Client]Invalid character value for cast
specification
SQLState = 22018, NativeError = 0
Error = [Microsoft][SQL Native Client]Invalid character value for cast
specification

0 rows copied.
Network packet size (bytes): 4096
Clock Time (ms.) Total : 10"

In the planningerrorlog.csv file, the following error is listed:

"Subscript out of range"

Cause

Annotations added by users contained illegal characters

Diagnosing The Problem

Test to see whether the publish works when user annotations is not selected for the publish

Resolving The Problem

Remove annotations which contain illegal characters and re-run the publish.

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Document Information

Modified date:
23 June 2018

UID

swg21414457