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    BulkImport of Non-Unicode records containing Greek characters fails.

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    • 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