XML parsing : illegal xml character migration error

by XDK 15. March 2016 13:09

Exception:

Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Migration.Toolkit.ErrorManagement.MissingErrorRouterException: Runtime error does not meet the error routine policy and there is no conflict manager to log a conflict. ---> System.Data.UpdateException: An error occurred while updating the entries. See the InnerException for details. ---> System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: XML parsing: line 1, character 78999, illegal xml character

Explanation:

This error might occur when stacktraces are pasted directly into the HTML fields in the work item. In my case, the stacktraces with illegal characters were in Repro Steps field.

Workaround:

I ignored the work items which were causing the failure using the below clause in the migration query.

And processed the ignored work items manually.

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