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Determining which characters are valid and readable by the Infosphere DataStage XML Input stage.

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Question

Which are the valid characters for the XML Input Stage to avoid the Warning "XML input document parsing failed. Reason: Xalan fatal error (..): Invalid character (Unicode: 0x. ) when the XML Input stage reads an XML file?

[{"Product":{"code":"SSVSEF","label":"IBM InfoSphere DataStage"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU048","label":"IBM Software"},"Component":"--","Platform":[{"code":"PF002","label":"AIX"},{"code":"PF010","label":"HP-UX"},{"code":"PF016","label":"Linux"},{"code":"PF027","label":"Solaris"},{"code":"PF033","label":"Windows"}],"Version":"8.1;8.5;8.7;9.1","Edition":"","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB76","label":"Data Platform"}}]

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Document Information

More support for:
IBM InfoSphere DataStage

Software version:
8.1, 8.5, 8.7, 9.1

Operating system(s):
AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, Windows

Document number:
243567

Modified date:
25 April 2025

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swg21668974

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