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Special character in XML export

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Posted on by DELDYN 536
Hi,

I have an entity with FieldX, when this string field has a weird character for a certain record, the export fails saying



 
 
But if this entity is part of composite entity, and i export the same exact record, the export doesn't fail, it succeeds and it accepts this weird character, why?

and when you open the file you will see the character like this
&#x2
  
<FieldX>bb
hii&#x2;000
bye

aa
</FieldX>

 
 

 
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  • Diego Mancassola Profile Picture
    Diego Mancassola 638 on at
    Hello, i have some case in the past similar than your, special chars found on XML generation, but always a problem against data. Seems something on string field value contains a special char, often a copy paste from word excel into a string field.
     
    Please check again the value on DB, i understand the same record exported in base entity works, but, in my option the problem is data.
     
    Provide us the details of entity you are using and details about the field and mapping
  • DELDYN Profile Picture
    DELDYN 536 on at
    Hi,

    i know it's a data issue and i can see the weird character in the field.
    My question was, why it errors for single entity but not for composite entity when exporting?
  • Diego Mancassola Profile Picture
    Diego Mancassola 638 on at
    Hello, It may be related to the fact that the EDT or string definition used in the staging table of the single entity is not the same as the one used inside the composite entity.
     
    Can you check if the representation of the field is the same across two entities?
  • DELDYN Profile Picture
    DELDYN 536 on at
    Hi @Diego Mancassola

    But in the composite entity, we just drag the singular entity and put it inside it.

    So the entity and it's staging are not changed. it's just that we use this singular entity inside the composite entity (there is no staging for composite entity)

    So Entity1 has Stagin1

    and CompositeEntity, has Entity1 and other entities
  • Diego Mancassola Profile Picture
    Diego Mancassola 638 on at
    Hello, at this point i've no idea.... can ben the composite entity does not perform some xml validation but  single entity do, and can be the reason why one fail and the other no.
     
    I don't know if other experts have any idea about it.
    Have you find out something new meanwhile?

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