#1 — Invalid charset issue while uploading PDF files through FTP

The following error occurs with the buildout provided (standard setup).
Uploading PDF through FTP causes """ Illegal character ((CTRL-CHAR, code 12)) """
on the SOLR side.

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Nov 5, 2008 5:24:37 PM org.apache.solr.search.SolrIndexSearcher close
INFO: Closing Searcher@5d2412e7 main
   filterCache{lookups=0,hits=0,hitratio=0.00,inserts=0,evictions=0,size=0,warmupTime=0,cumulative_lookups=0,cumulative_hits=0,cumulative_hitratio=0.00,cumulative_inserts=0,cumulative_evictions=0}
   queryResultCache{lookups=0,hits=0,hitratio=0.00,inserts=0,evictions=0,size=0,warmupTime=0,cumulative_lookups=0,cumulative_hits=0,cumulative_hitratio=0.00,cumulative_inserts=0,cumulative_evictions=0}
   documentCache{lookups=0,hits=0,hitratio=0.00,inserts=0,evictions=0,size=0,warmupTime=0,cumulative_lookups=0,cumulative_hits=0,cumulative_hitratio=0.00,cumulative_inserts=0,cumulative_evictions=0}
Nov 5, 2008 5:24:46 PM org.apache.solr.update.SolrIndexWriter getDirectory
WARNING: No lockType configured for /home/develop/sandboxes/solr/buildout/var/solr/data/index/ assuming 'simple'
Nov 5, 2008 5:24:46 PM org.apache.solr.update.processor.LogUpdateProcessor finish
INFO: {add=[d0356f455917b17e12693fa5f90d4ab6]} 0 5
Nov 5, 2008 5:24:46 PM org.apache.solr.core.SolrCore execute
INFO: [] webapp=/solr path=/update params={} status=0 QTime=5
Nov 5, 2008 5:24:46 PM org.apache.solr.common.SolrException log
SEVERE: com.ctc.wstx.exc.WstxUnexpectedCharException: Illegal character ((CTRL-CHAR, code 12))
at [row,col {unknown-source}]: [10,1]
   at com.ctc.wstx.sr.StreamScanner.throwInvalidSpace(StreamScanner.java:675)
   at com.ctc.wstx.sr.BasicStreamReader.readTextSecondary(BasicStreamReader.java:4668)
   at com.ctc.wstx.sr.BasicStreamReader.readCoalescedText(BasicStreamReader.java:4126)
   at com.ctc.wstx.sr.BasicStreamReader.finishToken(BasicStreamReader.java:3701)
   at com.ctc.wstx.sr.BasicStreamReader.safeFinishToken(BasicStreamReader.java:3649)
   at com.ctc.wstx.sr.BasicStreamReader.getText(BasicStreamReader.java:809)
   at org.apache.solr.handler.XmlUpdateRequestHandler.readDoc(XmlUpdateRequestHandler.java:327)
   at org.apache.solr.handler.XmlUpdateRequestHandler.processUpdate(XmlUpdateRequestHandler.java:195)
   at org.apache.solr.handler.XmlUpdateRequestHandler.handleRequestBody(XmlUpdateRequestHandler.java:123)
   at org.apache.solr.handler.RequestHandlerBase.handleRequest(RequestHandlerBase.java:131)
   at org.apache.solr.core.SolrCore.execute(SolrCore.java:1204)
   at org.apache.solr.servlet.SolrDispatchFilter.execute(SolrDispatchFilter.java:303)
   at org.apache.solr.servlet.SolrDispatchFilter.doFilter(SolrDispatchFilter.java:232)
   at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1089)
   at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.handle(ServletHandler.java:365)
   at org.mortbay.jetty.security.SecurityHandler.handle(SecurityHandler.java:216)
   at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.SessionHandler.handle(SessionHandler.java:181)
   at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandler.handle(ContextHandler.java:712)
   at org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.handle(WebAppContext.java:405)
   at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandlerCollection.handle(ContextHandlerCollection.java:211)
   at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerCollection.handle(HandlerCollection.java:114)
   at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:139)
   at org.mortbay.jetty.Server.handle(Server.java:285)
   at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection.handleRequest(HttpConnection.java:502)
   at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection$RequestHandler.content(HttpConnection.java:835)
   at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpParser.parseNext(HttpParser.java:641)
   at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpParser.parseAvailable(HttpParser.java:202)
   at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection.handle(HttpConnection.java:378)
   at org.mortbay.jetty.bio.SocketConnector$Connection.run(SocketConnector.java:226)
   at org.mortbay.thread.BoundedThreadPool$PoolThread.run(BoundedThreadPool.java:442)

Nov 5, 2008 5:24:46 PM org.apache.solr.core.SolrCore execute
INFO: [] webapp=/solr path=/update params={} status=500 QTime=4
Nov 5, 2008 5:24:46 PM org.apache.solr.common.SolrException log
SEVERE: com.ctc.wstx.exc.WstxUnexpectedCharException: Illegal character ((CTRL-CHAR, code 12))
at [row,col {unknown-source}]: [10,1]
   at com.ctc.wstx.sr.StreamScanner.throwInvalidSpace(StreamScanner.java:675)
   at com.ctc.wstx.sr.BasicStreamReader.readTextSecondary(BasicStreamReader.java:4668)
   at com.ctc.wstx.sr.BasicStreamReader.readCoalescedText(BasicStreamReader.java:4126)
   at com.ctc.wstx.sr.BasicStreamReader.finishToken(BasicStreamReader.java:3701)
   at com.ctc.wstx.sr.BasicStreamReader.safeFinishToken(BasicStreamReader.java:3649)
   at com.ctc.wstx.sr.BasicStreamReader.getText(BasicStreamReader.java:809)
   at org.apache.solr.handler.XmlUpdateRequestHandler.readDoc(XmlUpdateRequestHandler.java:327)
   at org.apache.solr.handler.XmlUpdateRequestHandler.processUpdate(XmlUpdateRequestHandler.java:195)
   at org.apache.solr.handler.XmlUpdateRequestHandler.handleRequestBody(XmlUpdateRequestHandler.java:123)
   at org.apache.solr.handler.RequestHandlerBase.handleRequest(RequestHandlerBase.java:131)
   at org.apache.solr.core.SolrCore.execute(SolrCore.java:1204)
   at org.apache.solr.servlet.SolrDispatchFilter.execute(SolrDispatchFilter.java:303)
   at org.apache.solr.servlet.SolrDispatchFilter.doFilter(SolrDispatchFilter.java:232)
   at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1089)
   at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.handle(ServletHandler.java:365)
   at org.mortbay.jetty.security.SecurityHandler.handle(SecurityHandler.java:216)
   at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.SessionHandler.handle(SessionHandler.java:181)
   at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandler.handle(ContextHandler.java:712)
   at org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.handle(WebAppContext.java:405)
   at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandlerCollection.handle(ContextHandlerCollection.java:211)
   at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerCollection.handle(HandlerCollection.java:114)
   at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:139)
   at org.mortbay.jetty.Server.handle(Server.java:285)
   at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection.handleRequest(HttpConnection.java:502)
   at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection$RequestHandler.content(HttpConnection.java:835)
   at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpParser.parseNext(HttpParser.java:641)
   at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpParser.parseAvailable(HttpParser.java:202)
   at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection.handle(HttpConnection.java:378)
   at org.mortbay.jetty.bio.SocketConnector$Connection.run(SocketConnector.java:226)
   at org.mortbay.thread.BoundedThreadPool$PoolThread.run(BoundedThreadPool.java:442)