Hello,
We recently upgraded from FME version 2022.0.0.0 (20220428 - Build 22337 - WIN64) to 2023.1.1.1 (20231011 - Build 23636 - WIN64).
After the upgrade one of my tools gives the following error:
GEODATABASE_SDE writer: The encoded string is not a valid US-ASCII string: ''AsfaltverhardingPlaatsori\\xC3\\xABntatie''
This happens at a GEODATABASE_SDE writer. The writer uses the following settings:
Feature operation: fme_db_operation
Table handling: Use Existing
Update Spatial Column(s): Yes
Actions preceding the writer determine what kind of db operation is needed
Problem: It tries to process a 'ë' but fails to do so
After some debugging and looking at other similar questions on the forum, I think it has to do with the locale/character set. In FME 2022 the process encoding was set to UTF-8.
When I look at the locale/encoding used in our ArcGIS Pro enviroment (3.1.3) via Python I get 'Dutch_Netherlands, 1252'. This mismatches with encoding used by FME in the proces.
Is there a solution for this problem? If any other information is needed, feel free to ask.
Thanks!
