# \#function-tests
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## [How to check for the existence of a value in Groovy script](https://community.smartbear.com/t/how-to-check-for-the-existence-of-a-value-in-groovy-script/70)
**Author:** [@system](https://community.smartbear.com/u/system)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 19, 2023, 1:24pm UTC](https://community.smartbear.com/t/how-to-check-for-the-existence-of-a-value-in-groovy-script/70 "2023-12-19T13:24:25Z")
Originally posted by jfesri on December 11, 2023 I have an existing Groovy script (for an assertion) that I need to change to check whether a variable exists, but not caring about the actual value. The script is using…
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## [JDBC connection error indicating SSL issue](https://community.smartbear.com/t/jdbc-connection-error-indicating-ssl-issue/69)
**Author:** [@system](https://community.smartbear.com/u/system)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 12, 2023, 4:01am UTC](https://community.smartbear.com/t/jdbc-connection-error-indicating-ssl-issue/69 "2023-10-12T04:01:07Z")
Originally posted by arasi\_m on October 11, 2023 I have configured a MS SQL DB in my data source step. If i test it , the connection is successful. But while running the data source step alone, i am facing the followi…
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## [Unsupported content-type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet](https://community.smartbear.com/t/unsupported-content-type-application-vnd-openxmlformats-officedocument-spreadsheetml-sheet/147)
**Author:** [@system](https://community.smartbear.com/u/system)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2023, 10:11am UTC](https://community.smartbear.com/t/unsupported-content-type-application-vnd-openxmlformats-officedocument-spreadsheetml-sheet/147 "2023-09-20T10:11:32Z")
Originally posted by LalitLalam on September 20, 2023 I have a request in JSON but the response has content-type as \*\*application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet .\*\*Basically, it downloads a file…
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## [3.44 issue with java.net.SocketTimeoutException: Read timed out](https://community.smartbear.com/t/3-44-issue-with-java-net-sockettimeoutexception-read-timed-out/194)
**Author:** [@system](https://community.smartbear.com/u/system)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 27, 2023, 2:04pm UTC](https://community.smartbear.com/t/3-44-issue-with-java-net-sockettimeoutexception-read-timed-out/194 "2023-04-27T14:04:29Z")
Originally posted by yassir on April 05, 2023 test step is failing due to “java.net.SocketTimeoutException: Read timed out”, we tried increasing the socket timeout but it is still failing after the default 1 minute ti…
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## [Invalid UTF-8 start byte 0xa0](https://community.smartbear.com/t/invalid-utf-8-start-byte-0xa0/139)
**Author:** [@system](https://community.smartbear.com/u/system)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2022, 12:25pm UTC](https://community.smartbear.com/t/invalid-utf-8-start-byte-0xa0/139 "2022-01-19T12:25:04Z")
Originally posted by ariyan\_79 on January 14, 2022 I am not able to fix the below issue in ReadyAPI - \*\*Invalid UTF-8 start byte 0xa0.\*\*Getting this error message in response. However same request payload is working …
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## [Email Generator using REAL emails](https://community.smartbear.com/t/email-generator-using-real-emails/66)
**Author:** [@system](https://community.smartbear.com/u/system)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 14, 2021, 6:44pm UTC](https://community.smartbear.com/t/email-generator-using-real-emails/66 "2021-09-14T18:44:26Z")
Originally posted by NickMitricka on September 14, 2021 Has anyone else noticed that the Email Data Generator can create a REAL email address? I would expect there to be some additional configuration in that generator…