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E-IB: Special Control Characters in Data May Cause "XML parser error ParseXmlString Fatal Error" (Doc ID 2611381.1)

Last updated on APRIL 04, 2025

Applies to:

PeopleSoft Enterprise PT PeopleTools - Version 8.57 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

On : 8.57 version, Integration Broker

When running a customized program using genxmlstring() and parsexmlstring() to process message data that may contain some special character (e.g. 0x1A), the following error is received. 

ERROR
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XML parser error ParseXmlString Fatal Error

Cause

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