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XMLSyntaxError: xmlParseEntityRef: no name, line 257, column 55

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Nebil Aydi

How can I resolve this problem ..

Odoo ServerError
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File "/home/nebil/Work/Eclipse/workspace/odoo2/openerp/http.py", line 648, in _handle_exception return super(JsonRequest, self)._handle_exception(exception)
File "/home/nebil/Work/Eclipse/workspace/odoo2/openerp/http.py", line 685, in dispatch result = self._call_function(**self.params)
File "/home/nebil/Work/Eclipse/workspace/odoo2/openerp/http.py", line 321, in _call_function return checked_call(self.db, *args, **kwargs)
File "/home/nebil/Work/Eclipse/workspace/odoo2/openerp/service/model.py", line 118, in wrapper return f(dbname, *args, **kwargs)
File "/home/nebil/Work/Eclipse/workspace/odoo2/openerp/http.py", line 314, in checked_call result = self.endpoint(*a, **kw)
File "/home/nebil/Work/Eclipse/workspace/odoo2/openerp/http.py", line 964, in __call__ return self.method(*args, **kw)
File "/home/nebil/Work/Eclipse/workspace/odoo2/openerp/http.py", line 514, in response_wrap response = f(*args, **kw)
File "/home/nebil/Work/Eclipse/workspace/odoo2/openerp/addons/web/controllers/main.py", line 892, in call_button action = self._call_kw(model, method, args, {})
File "/home/nebil/Work/Eclipse/workspace/odoo2/openerp/addons/web/controllers/main.py", line 880, in _call_kw return getattr(request.registry.get(model), method)(request.cr, request.uid, *args, **kwargs)
File "/home/nebil/Work/Eclipse/workspace/odoo2/openerp/api.py", line 250, in wrapper return old_api(self, *args, **kwargs)
File "/home/nebil/Work/Eclipse/workspace/odoo2/openerp/addons/base/module/module.py", line 459, in button_immediate_install return self._button_immediate_function(cr, uid, ids, self.button_install, context=context)
File "/home/nebil/Work/Eclipse/workspace/odoo2/openerp/api.py", line 250, in wrapper return old_api(self, *args, **kwargs)
File "/home/nebil/Work/Eclipse/workspace/odoo2/openerp/addons/base/module/module.py", line 534, in _button_immediate_function registry = openerp.modules.registry.RegistryManager.new(cr.dbname, update_module=True)
File "/home/nebil/Work/Eclipse/workspace/odoo2/openerp/modules/registry.py", line 386, in new openerp.modules.load_modules(registry._db, force_demo, status, update_module)
File "/home/nebil/Work/Eclipse/workspace/odoo2/openerp/modules/loading.py", line 340, in load_modules loaded_modules, update_module)
File "/home/nebil/Work/Eclipse/workspace/odoo2/openerp/modules/loading.py", line 239, in load_marked_modules loaded, processed = load_module_graph(cr, graph, progressdict, report=report, skip_modules=loaded_modules, perform_checks=perform_checks)
File "/home/nebil/Work/Eclipse/workspace/odoo2/openerp/modules/loading.py", line 156, in load_module_graph _load_data(cr, module_name, idref, mode, kind='data')
File "/home/nebil/Work/Eclipse/workspace/odoo2/openerp/modules/loading.py", line 98, in _load_data tools.convert_file(cr, module_name, filename, idref, mode, noupdate, kind, report)
File "/home/nebil/Work/Eclipse/workspace/odoo2/openerp/tools/convert.py", line 849, in convert_file convert_xml_import(cr, module, fp, idref, mode, noupdate, report)
File "/home/nebil/Work/Eclipse/workspace/odoo2/openerp/tools/convert.py", line 915, in convert_xml_import doc = etree.parse(xmlfile)
File "src/lxml/lxml.etree.pyx", line 3427, in lxml.etree.parse (src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:79841)
File "src/lxml/parser.pxi", line 1814, in lxml.etree._parseDocument (src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:116443)
File "src/lxml/parser.pxi", line 1834, in lxml.etree._parseFilelikeDocument (src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:116735)
File "src/lxml/parser.pxi", line 1729, in lxml.etree._parseDocFromFilelike (src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:115496)
File "src/lxml/parser.pxi", line 1150, in lxml.etree._BaseParser._parseDocFromFilelike (src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:110370)
File "src/lxml/parser.pxi", line 584, in lxml.etree._ParserContext._handleParseResultDoc (src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:103584)
File "src/lxml/parser.pxi", line 694, in lxml.etree._handleParseResult (src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:105238)
File "src/lxml/parser.pxi", line 624, in lxml.etree._raiseParseError (src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:104147)

XMLSyntaxError: xmlParseEntityRef: no name, line 257, column 55
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Niyas Raphy (Walnut Software Solutions)
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Hi,

In the corresponding line, ie, in line 257 column 55 , check whether did you use  ‘&’ (ampersand character), ‘<'  or '>‘

replace the ,


ampersand ( '&') the character with &amp;   , 

'<'  with &lt;

and

'>' with &gt;


Thanks

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Abdelfateh ABDA
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Problem:

An XML parser returns the error “xmlParseEntityRef: noname”

Cause:

There is a stray ‘&’ (ampersand character) somewhere in the XML text eg. some text & some more text

Solution: 

 Encode the ampersand (that is replace the ‘&’ character with ‘&amp;’ ).

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