Blank patron barcodes result in invalid XML on export, errors on import

Symptoms

XML Patron Import using file generated by XML Patron Export results in error:

ERROR:  'org.xml.sax.SAXParseException; lineNumber: 2; columnNumber: 60; cvc-elt.3.1: Attribute 'http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance,nil' must not appear on element 'barcode', because the {nillable} property of 'barcode' is false.'
Input file is not well formed (line 2 column 60): cvc-elt.3.1: Attribute 'http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance,nil' must not appear on element 'barcode', because the {nillable} property of 'barcode' is false.

Defect Status

Issue VYG-7108 is resolved in Voyager 10.1.0

Replication Steps

1. Identify a patron record with a blank barcode
2. Run an XML patron export that will capture that patron record.
3. Note the resulting XML.

<patron xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">

<barcode xsi:nil="true"/>

4. Using the same file, run XML patron import to add the records back into the database.
5. Resulting error:

ERROR:  'org.xml.sax.SAXParseException; lineNumber: 2; columnNumber: 60; cvc-elt.3.1: Attribute 'http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance,nil' must not appear on element 'barcode', because the {nillable} property of 'barcode' is false.'
Input file is not well formed (line 2 column 60): cvc-elt.3.1: Attribute 'http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance,nil' must not appear on element 'barcode', because the {nillable} property of 'barcode' is false.

Workaround

Replace blank barcodes with barcode numbers

• Article last edited: 31-May-2018