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!