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While Starting or Deploying ORDS the Following Error occurs: "org.xml.sax.SAXParseException" (Doc ID 2751009.1)

Last updated on NOVEMBER 02, 2022

Applies to:

Oracle REST Data Services - Version 3.0.10 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

While deploying ORDS in WLS 12.2.1.3 facing error "org.xml.sax.SAXParseException"


The same problem occurs when we try to start ORDS in standalone mode.

$ java -jar ords.war standalone
2021-02-09T10:31:16.496Z SEVERE org.xml.sax.SAXParseException; lineNumber: 41; columnNumber: 2; The markup in the document following the root element must be well-formed.
java.util.InvalidPropertiesFormatException: org.xml.sax.SAXParseException; lineNumber: 41; columnNumber: 2; The markup in the document following the root element must be well-formed.
  at sun.util.xml.PlatformXmlPropertiesProvider.load(PlatformXmlPropertiesProvider.java:80)

or

SEVERE org.xml.sax.SAXParseException; lineNumber: 2; columnNumber: 29;
The system identifier must begin with either a single or double quote character.
java.util.InvalidPropertiesFormatException: org.xml.sax.SAXParseException; lineNumber: 2; columnNumber: 29;
The system identifier must begin with either a single or double quote character.

Cause

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