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Hi David- > Institution: ncar/ral > Package Version: 2.2b3 build date:2007-04-23 07:05 UTC > Operating System: Linux > Hardware Information: Java: home: /home/uaedb/IDV_2.2/jre version: 1.5.0_06 > j3d:1.3.1 > Inquiry: I installed the thredds data server (3.16) running under Tomcat5.5.16 > I've tried just about everything I know, but am still getting this error. > I see others have gotten this error. (there a thread on 5 jun 07). > I am certain I am using pointing to the catalog.xml file, and the catalog > does work in a browser, but in IDV, this error is returned: > > An error has occurred: > Creating ui:http://localhost:8080/thredds/catalog.xml > Error parsing xml: The declaration for the entity "HTML.Version" must end > with '>'. > The declaration for the entity "HTML.Version" must end with '>'. line:31 > column:3 Could you send me the catalog.xml file? It's almost like the HTML is being returned instead of the XML. It looks like you are entering this from the Catalog chooser, but can you just confirm that? Thanks. Don > Stack trace: > java.lang.IllegalStateException: Error parsing xml: The declaration for the > entity "HTML.Version" must end with '>'. > The declaration for the entity "HTML.Version" must end with '>'. line:31 > column:3 > > at ucar.unidata.xml.XmlUtil.getDocument(XmlUtil.java:1174) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.XmlChooser.makeUiFromPath(XmlChooser.java:336) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.XmlChooser.makeUiFromPath(XmlChooser.java:308) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.XmlChooser.doUpdateInner(XmlChooser.java:592) > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) > at > sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) > at > sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$2.run(Misc.java:915) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:943) > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: ALK-565490 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Open