[Fez-users] Invalid Characters cause fedora error

[James B. <bru...@wa...>]

Hi,

We recently submitted a bunch of documents into a test fez repository.
Since the metadata (particularly abstracts) had been copied and pasted
from the pdf document, the often contained "invalid" characters (such as
'curly' quotes, integrated +/- signs etc). When you enter these into fez
and submit the document you get a nasty looking xml error.

ERROR: Array ( [0] =3D> Array ( [faultcode] =3D>
soapenv:Server.userException [faultstring] =3D>
fedora.server.errors.StorageDeviceException: Error attempting update of
object with pid 'UoW:67: Data truncation: Data truncated for column
'dcDescription' at row 1 [detail] =3D> Array ( [hostname] =3D>
liby-cog3.liby.waikato.ac.nz ) ) [1] =3D>

+ A whole bunch of debug information.

Perhaps the worst thing about this problem is that you have to go back
and reenter all metadata for the document, you can't just click back and
fix the invalid char.=20

I assume this is a known problem? Have there been any solutions
developed or in development?

Regards,

James Brunskill
Library Systems Consultant
The University of Waikato
Ph: +64 7 838 4323