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Error 'InvalidTypeException' when starting Alfresco/Tomcat

kbonnet — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:51:34 GMT

Hi all,I have run into a problem when i start Tomcat/Alfresco. My configuration is Alfresco 2.9B, Tomcat 5.5, Java JDK 1.5, MySQL 5. I have been playing with the dynamic content models in within Alfresco for the past days. Although my custom model was inactive when i restarted Tomcat, my guess is th

Re: Error 'InvalidTypeException' when starting Alfresco/Tomcat

kbonnet — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:04:53 GMT

I think i have proven for myself that my problem is coming from something in my repository. I have created a clean database and a clean datastore on the filesystem ($dir.root). After that, my tomcat/alfresco started (with the original configuration) OK.

Is there a way to disable the dynamic content models in the data dictionary space?

Thanks,
Koen

Re: Error 'InvalidTypeException' when starting Alfresco/Tomcat

kbonnet — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:19:27 GMT

I have been playing around more to understand this problem. I created copies of my alfresco database and contentstore and tested with those. What i did is deleted the dynamic models in the database. This made that i can start my Alfresco/Tomcat again. Ofcourse my database has lost its integrity now, so this is not the way to go, but at least i have proven this problem has to do with my custom models.

I would still like a way to disable the custom models in the repository while starting up. Would setting the "isActive" property to 0 be an option? Maybe in the database?

Has anyone experience with this?

Koen

Re: Error 'InvalidTypeException' when starting Alfresco/Tomcat

janv — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:50:22 GMT

Thanks for raising this issue (http://issues.alfresco.com/browse/AR-2179). As you've diagnosed, this issue may occur if you create custom content in the Models space that in turn references dynamic (custom) models loaded from that space. I will look to provide a fix for this startup issue in a future build. For the time being, I would also recommend that you only create custom XML models in the Models space, even though the UI does not enforce it.

Regards,
Jan

Re: Error 'InvalidTypeException' when starting Alfresco/Tomcat

kbonnet — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:55:56 GMT

Thanks for your feedback, Jan.

Was my way to get rid of the space i created in the models space the right way to go? I am running back on my production database again, but i would like to be sure that i didnt leave an non-integer database.

Thanks,
Koen

Re: Error 'InvalidTypeException' when starting Alfresco/Tomcat

janv — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:54:39 GMT

I would not recommend direct manipulation of the DB. The issue has been fixed on HEAD. I have also added workaround notes to AR-2179.

Thanks,
Jan