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Importing data from old database fails as special characters give BAD CHAR REF error

Troubleshooting


Problem

The error "Fatal error from XML_parse(): BAD_CHAR_REF" occurs when importing data from old databases in IBM Rational ClearQuest.

Symptom

You use the import and export utility found in ClearQuest Eclipse Client. You export data from a old database with an unknown code page. You import that data into another database. When records with attachments are being imported, this error occurs:

*** Fatal error from XML_parse(): BAD_CHAR_REF

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Document Information

Modified date:
16 June 2018

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