topic Error: SdeParseHandlers::fatalError() in Geoprocessing Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/error-sdeparsehandlers-fatalerror/m-p/668210#M22261 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>When running this command:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Copy "Database Connections\sde Source.sde\\SDE.WSAnno" C:\JOB\SDEConn\To_WriteInstance.sde\SDE.WSAnno FeatureClass</SPAN><BR /><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I get the following error message:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="plain" name="code">Error: SdeParseHandlers::fatalError() &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; unable to connect socket for URL 'http://www.fgdc.gov/metadata/fgdc-std-0 01-1998.dtd', line 2, char 0 DB_xml_parse_doc: A syntax error was found in the XML document Executing: Copy "Database Connections\sde Source.sde\\SDE.WSAnno" C:\JOBCON FIG\SDEConn\To_WriteInstance_As_SDE.sde\SDE.WSAnno FeatureClass Start Time: Fri Jun 28 14:30:32 2013 Succeeded at Fri Jun 28 14:32:35 2013 (Elapsed Time: 2 minutes 3 seconds)</PRE><DIV style="display:none;"> </DIV><BR /><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Error: SdeParseHandlers::fatalError()</SPAN><BR /><SPAN><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; unable to connect socket for URL '</SPAN><A class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.fgdc.gov/metadata/fgdc-std-0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.fgdc.gov/metadata/fgdc-std-0</A></SPAN><BR /><SPAN>01-1998.dtd', line 2, char 0</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>DB_xml_parse_doc: A syntax error was found in the XML document</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Error: SdeParseHandlers::fatalError()</SPAN><BR /><SPAN><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; unable to connect socket for URL '</SPAN><A class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.fgdc.gov/metadata/fgdc-std-0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.fgdc.gov/metadata/fgdc-std-0</A></SPAN><BR /><SPAN>01-1998.dtd', line 2, char 0</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>DB_xml_parse_doc: A syntax error was found in the XML document</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Error: SdeParseHandlers::fatalError()</SPAN><BR /><SPAN><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; unable to connect socket for URL '</SPAN><A class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.fgdc.gov/metadata/fgdc-std-0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.fgdc.gov/metadata/fgdc-std-0</A></SPAN><BR /><SPAN>01-1998.dtd', line 2, char 0</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>DB_xml_parse_doc: A syntax error was found in the XML document</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Error: SdeParseHandlers::fatalError()</SPAN><BR /><SPAN><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; unable to connect socket for URL '</SPAN><A class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.fgdc.gov/metadata/fgdc-std-0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.fgdc.gov/metadata/fgdc-std-0</A></SPAN><BR /><SPAN>01-1998.dtd', line 2, char 0</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>DB_xml_parse_doc: A syntax error was found in the XML document</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Error: SdeParseHandlers::fatalError()</SPAN><BR /><SPAN><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; unable to connect socket for URL '</SPAN><A class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.fgdc.gov/metadata/fgdc-std-0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.fgdc.gov/metadata/fgdc-std-0</A></SPAN><BR /><SPAN>01-1998.dtd', line 2, char 0</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>DB_xml_parse_doc: A syntax error was found in the XML document</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Error: SdeParseHandlers::fatalError()</SPAN><BR /><SPAN><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; unable to connect socket for URL '</SPAN><A class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.fgdc.gov/metadata/fgdc-std-0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.fgdc.gov/metadata/fgdc-std-0</A></SPAN><BR /><SPAN>01-1998.dtd', line 2, char 0</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>DB_xml_parse_doc: A syntax error was found in the XML document</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Error: SdeParseHandlers::fatalError()</SPAN><BR /><SPAN><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; unable to connect socket for URL '</SPAN><A class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.fgdc.gov/metadata/fgdc-std-0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.fgdc.gov/metadata/fgdc-std-0</A></SPAN><BR /><SPAN>01-1998.dtd', line 2, char 0</SPAN><BR /><BR /><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Anyone with a similar problem?&nbsp;&nbsp; It looks like the metadata has some issues when copying a layer to SDE 10.1</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 28 Jun 2013 17:41:58 GMT JoseSanchez 2013-06-28T17:41:58Z Error: SdeParseHandlers::fatalError() https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/error-sdeparsehandlers-fatalerror/m-p/668210#M22261 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>When running this command:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Copy "Database Connections\sde Source.sde\\SDE.WSAnno" C:\JOB\SDEConn\To_WriteInstance.sde\SDE.WSAnno FeatureClass</SPAN><BR /><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I get the following error message:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="plain" name="code">Error: SdeParseHandlers::fatalError() &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; unable to connect socket for URL 'http://www.fgdc.gov/metadata/fgdc-std-0 01-1998.dtd', line 2, char 0 DB_xml_parse_doc: A syntax error was found in the XML document Executing: Copy "Database Connections\sde Source.sde\\SDE.WSAnno" C:\JOBCON FIG\SDEConn\To_WriteInstance_As_SDE.sde\SDE.WSAnno FeatureClass Start Time: Fri Jun 28 14:30:32 2013 Succeeded at Fri Jun 28 14:32:35 2013 (Elapsed Time: 2 minutes 3 seconds)</PRE><DIV style="display:none;"> </DIV><BR /><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Error: SdeParseHandlers::fatalError()</SPAN><BR /><SPAN><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; unable to connect socket for URL '</SPAN><A class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.fgdc.gov/metadata/fgdc-std-0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.fgdc.gov/metadata/fgdc-std-0</A></SPAN><BR /><SPAN>01-1998.dtd', line 2, char 0</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>DB_xml_parse_doc: A syntax error was found in the XML document</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Error: SdeParseHandlers::fatalError()</SPAN><BR /><SPAN><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; unable to connect socket for URL '</SPAN><A class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.fgdc.gov/metadata/fgdc-std-0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.fgdc.gov/metadata/fgdc-std-0</A></SPAN><BR /><SPAN>01-1998.dtd', line 2, char 0</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>DB_xml_parse_doc: A syntax error was found in the XML document</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Error: SdeParseHandlers::fatalError()</SPAN><BR /><SPAN><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; unable to connect socket for URL '</SPAN><A class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.fgdc.gov/metadata/fgdc-std-0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.fgdc.gov/metadata/fgdc-std-0</A></SPAN><BR /><SPAN>01-1998.dtd', line 2, char 0</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>DB_xml_parse_doc: A syntax error was found in the XML document</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Error: SdeParseHandlers::fatalError()</SPAN><BR /><SPAN><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; unable to connect socket for URL '</SPAN><A class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.fgdc.gov/metadata/fgdc-std-0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.fgdc.gov/metadata/fgdc-std-0</A></SPAN><BR /><SPAN>01-1998.dtd', line 2, char 0</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>DB_xml_parse_doc: A syntax error was found in the XML document</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Error: SdeParseHandlers::fatalError()</SPAN><BR /><SPAN><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; unable to connect socket for URL '</SPAN><A class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.fgdc.gov/metadata/fgdc-std-0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.fgdc.gov/metadata/fgdc-std-0</A></SPAN><BR /><SPAN>01-1998.dtd', line 2, char 0</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>DB_xml_parse_doc: A syntax error was found in the XML document</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Error: SdeParseHandlers::fatalError()</SPAN><BR /><SPAN><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; unable to connect socket for URL '</SPAN><A class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.fgdc.gov/metadata/fgdc-std-0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.fgdc.gov/metadata/fgdc-std-0</A></SPAN><BR /><SPAN>01-1998.dtd', line 2, char 0</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>DB_xml_parse_doc: A syntax error was found in the XML document</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Error: SdeParseHandlers::fatalError()</SPAN><BR /><SPAN><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; unable to connect socket for URL '</SPAN><A class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.fgdc.gov/metadata/fgdc-std-0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.fgdc.gov/metadata/fgdc-std-0</A></SPAN><BR /><SPAN>01-1998.dtd', line 2, char 0</SPAN><BR /><BR /><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Anyone with a similar problem?&nbsp;&nbsp; It looks like the metadata has some issues when copying a layer to SDE 10.1</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 28 Jun 2013 17:41:58 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/error-sdeparsehandlers-fatalerror/m-p/668210#M22261 JoseSanchez 2013-06-28T17:41:58Z