Endless loop detected for substitution of variable:

[taha]

Hi,
I have a job with two transformations and it execute fine with spoon but when I try to execute it from java (inside Jboss 4.2.2) I have the following error :

2009-08-07 12:48:14,984 INFO [STDOUT] ERROR 07-08 12:48:14,984 - Thread[Imp (Imp (Thread-19)),5,jboss] - java.lang.RuntimeException: Endless loop detected for substitution of variable: ${OPERATORE_NAME}
at org.pentaho.di.core.util.StringUtil.substitute(StringUtil.java:180)
at org.pentaho.di.core.util.StringUtil.substitute(StringUtil.java:183)
at org.pentaho.di.core.util.StringUtil.substitute(StringUtil.java:183)
at org.pentaho.di.core.util.StringUtil.substitute(StringUtil.java:183)
at org.pentaho.di.core.util.StringUtil.substitute(StringUtil.java:183)
at org.pentaho.di.core.util.StringUtil.substitute(StringUtil.java:183)
at org.pentaho.di.core.util.StringUtil.substitute(StringUtil.java:183)
at org.pentaho.di.core.util.StringUtil.substitute(StringUtil.java:183)
at org.pentaho.di.core.util.StringUtil.substitute(StringUtil.java:183)
at org.pentaho.di.core.util.StringUtil.substitute(StringUtil.java:183)
at org.pentaho.di.core.util.StringUtil.substitute(StringUtil.java:183)
at org.pentaho.di.core.util.StringUtil.substitute(StringUtil.java:183)
at org.pentaho.di.core.util.StringUtil.substitute(StringUtil.java:183)
at org.pentaho.di.core.util.StringUtil.substitute(StringUtil.java:183)
at org.pentaho.di.core.util.StringUtil.substitute(StringUtil.java:183)
at org.pentaho.di.core.util.StringUtil.substitute(StringUtil.java:183)

Can any one help me please ??
Thanks

[MattCasters]

So you set the value of OPERATORE_NAME to ${OPERATORE_NAME}.
It tries to resolve it, but ends up in an endless loop.

[taha]

Thanks for the quick reply
Yes I did and here is the log I print to make sure is setted :

13:19:53,866 DEBUG [KettleEngine] Filling job variables
13:19:53,866 DEBUG [KettleEngine] Varibale : OPERATORE_NAME Value : MIG
13:19:53,866 DEBUG [KettleEngine] Varibale : TIPO_OPERAZIONE Value : Migrazione
13:19:53,866 DEBUG [KettleEngine] Varibale : NUMERO_OPERAZIONE Value : 1
13:19:53,866 DEBUG [KettleEngine] Varibale : ID_OPERAZIONE Value : 1
13:19:53,866 DEBUG [KettleEngine] Varibale : NOTE Value : test

Best regards

[taha]

Hi Matt
u r right, I did have a logic error in my program and the variable was not setted
Thanks a lot