Cannot Remove Content of Fields During XML Catalog Import (324371)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Commerce Server 2000

This article was previously published under Q324371

SYMPTOMS

When you import a catalog from an XML file, empty fields in the XML file do not remove the content in the Commerce Server 2000 database.

CAUSE

The XML import operation ignores empty fields in the XML file.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Commerce Server 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

297216 INFO: How to Obtain the Latest Commerce Server 2000 Service Pack

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

   Date         Time   Version        Size  File name
   ----------------------------------------------------
   14-Jun-2002  22:07  4.0.3054.0  467,216  Catalog.dll

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Commerce Server 2000. This problem was first corrected in Commerce Server 2000 Service Pack 3.

MORE INFORMATION

With this fix, the following XML code removes existing field values from the Commerce Server catalog:

<Field fieldID="CatalogProperty13" fieldValue="" />

Modification Type:	Minor	Last Reviewed:	9/27/2005
Keywords:	kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbbug kbCommServ2000preSP3fix kbCommServ2000sp3fix kbfix KB324371