BulkImport of Non-Unicode records containing Greek characters fails.
- Article Type: General
- Product: Voyager
- Product Version: 8.1.1
Problem Symptoms:
? BulkImport of MARC21 MARC-8 (non-Unicode) records with Greek characters fails with messages like this:
:ERROR: Unparseable record written to error file: [13]-400 : c->8 no char to combine to in page 0 at 17 '1b285361'
? Records have correct encoding but are not converted & loaded.
Cause:
This behavior is the result of Known Issue 16384-20737 / VYG-4599.
Resolution:
Issue VYG-4599 is resolved for Voyager 9.1.0 and higher.
Additional Information
Replication steps:
1.Log in to SysAdmin client. Change expected character set of rule to use to MARC21 MARC-8.
2. Run Pbulkimport with attached file.
3. View log.imp file and note error messages. Example:
:ERROR: Unparseable record written to error file: [13]-400 : c->8 no char to combine to in page 0 at 17 '1b285361
: ERROR: Unparseable record written to error file: [30]-400 : c->8 no char to combine to in page 4 at 8 '1b2842e2 .(B.'
: ERROR: Unparseable record written to error file: [44]-400 : c->8 no char to combine to in page 0 at 5 '1b285341 .(SA'[57]-670 : c->8 no char to combine to in page 0 at 47 '1b285341 .(SA'
: ERROR: Unparseable record written to error file: [56]-451 : c->8 no char to combine to in page 0 at 15 '1b28536c .(Sl'[58]-451 : c->8 no char to combine to in page 0 at 17 '1b28536a .(Sj'[82]-670 : c->8 no char to combine to in page 0 at 54 '1b28536c .(Sl'
: ERROR: Unparseable record written to error file: [40]-451 : c->8 no char to combine to in page 0 at 12 '1b285372 .(Sr' [42]-451 : c->8 no char to combine to in page 0 at 17 '1b28536c .(Sl'[77]-670 : c->8 no char to combine to in page 0 at 1033 '1b285372 .(Sr'
4. Convert file to Unicode.
5.Log in to SysAdmin client. Change expected character set of rule to MARC21 MARC-8.
6. Run Pbulkimport with Unicode file.
7. View log.imp file and note lack of error messages.
Workaround
Convert input file to UTF-8 (Unicode) using utility like MarcEdit, BulkImport with MARC21 UTF-8 expected character set.
Category: Cataloging
- Article last edited: 11/12/2014