Metadata issies when copying SDE laeyrs with ArcGIS 10.1 to ArcSDE 10 instances

[JoseSanchez]

Hi all

Copying feature datasets in SDE Oracle from 9.3 to 10.0 shows the following Metadata error messages:

Error: SdeParseHandlers::fatalError()
       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


Start Time: Fri Jun 28 14:30:32 2013
Succeeded at Fri Jun 28 14:32:35 2013 (Elapsed Time: 2 minutes 3 seconds)




Error: SdeParseHandlers::fatalError()
       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

Error: SdeParseHandlers::fatalError()
       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

Error: SdeParseHandlers::fatalError()
       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

Error: SdeParseHandlers::fatalError()
       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

Error: SdeParseHandlers::fatalError()
       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

Error: SdeParseHandlers::fatalError()
       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

Error: SdeParseHandlers::fatalError()
       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

Error: SdeParseHandlers::fatalError()
       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

[WilliamCraft]

This thread is related to your previous thread at: http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/87289-Error-SdeParseHandlers-fatalError()?p=310715#post310715.  Please see my response to that initial thread:

"The error you provided seems like one that is related to the metadata associated with one or more of the feature classes you are trying to copy. You could try a couple of things to identify whether it is one feature class or multiple. One thing to try initially would be to preview the metadata for each of the feature classes within the feature dataset you are trying to copy using the Metadata tab in ArcCatalog. For the one(s) that might throw an error when doing this, my suggestion would be to create an feature class within the SDE instance you are wanting to copy to and then to load the data separately using the Simple Data Loader or the Load Objects tool. Doing this might exclude the metadata altogether and remove it as part of the overall equation when copying the data. If that works, then try importing the metadata into the newly-created feature class (there are a few ways to do this, especially at 10.0 and above). If importing the metadata revives the errors, you probably have issues with your metadata or with the metadata template that need to be addressed."