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After upgrading Splunk DB Connect, why am I getting error "invalid literal for float()" when I create a db input?

dbrancaglion
Explorer

I can see the results without problem in the query page, but if I create a db input, Splunk shows me the following error in /opt/splunk/var/log/splunk/dbx2.log :

[ERROR] [modular_input_event_writer.py], line 102: action=converting_incoming_data_in_csv_to_event_stream_failed input_mode=batch dbinput="mi_input://rec_limit_exporter" error="invalid literal for float(): 1471289753,172"

This error happened after I upgraded my Splunk DB Connect. Can I roll this back?

I tried to reinstall all Splunk DB Connect 2, but with no success.

Someone have a similar problem?

dlisicre
Explorer

As indicated in mhornste thread, changing output_timestamp_format = dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm:ss to Epoch managed to solve this issue for me.
Kind regards,
David Lisin

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dlisicre
Explorer

Same issue here at the moment.

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mhornste
Path Finder

I have the same problem. I'm not using SSL and enable_query_wrapping = 0/ 1 don't work (both of them).

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jcoates_splunk
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee
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