DataSource step fails com.eviware.soapui.support.xml.XmlUtils.entitize(XmlUtils.java:144)

I am not getting this consistently (but enough to annoy!).

 

Calling a DataSource step fails and shows in the logs:

 

java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.eviware.soapui.support.xml.XmlUtils.entitize(XmlUtils.java:144)
at com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.teststeps.WsdlDataSourceTestStep.next(WsdlDataSourceTestStep.java:506)
at com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.teststeps.WsdlDataSourceTestStep.run(WsdlDataSourceTestStep.java:134)
at com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.support.AbstractTestCaseRunner.runTestStep(AbstractTestCaseRunner.java:223)
at com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.testcase.WsdlTestCaseRunner.runCurrentTestStep(WsdlTestCaseRunner.java:47)
at com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.support.AbstractTestCaseRunner.internalRun(AbstractTestCaseRunner.java:145)
at com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.support.AbstractTestCaseRunner.internalRun(AbstractTestCaseRunner.java:1)
at com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.support.AbstractTestRunner.run(AbstractTestRunner.java:130)
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

 

The Datasource is a Data Connection which connects to a Sybase (jconnect3) database.

 

The problem occurs when I select to entitize the data values from the datasource options tab.

 

Any insights?

 

 

 

If I have the DataSource step open and click the green icon which gets the first 10 rows from the configured DataSource; I don't have a problem.