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• Subject: RE: Parse Error - Invalid Character
• From: "Karl Stubsjoen" <karl@e...>
• Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 11:03:03 -0700
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• In-reply-to: <005401c21680$44cd85e0$f6193044@tbp>

Thanks for the help Tom.

Indeed the problem seems to be a limitations of IXMLHttpRequest class (i
think that is what it is called).  This class *blindly* (see MSDN article
below) encodes the responseText as UTF-8.  The source of the XML (that I am
querying) is originaly encoded as ISO-8859-1.
I'm not sure on how all this encoding takes place, and how one encoding
effects another, but I'm getting hung up for sure.

One other thing to mention is:  the original data (before the XML) was
submitted by a user *damn users*.  I have determined that she/he included
the unicode for "TM".  Here is an outline of my current problem then:

1.  original data submitted - unicode "TM" submitted as part of data
2.  server side XML generated and encoded as ISO-8859-1
3.  ixmlhttprequest made for XML data - which is *blindly* downloaded and
encoded as UTF-8
4.  MSXML3 chokes when attempting to load xml, error is "Invalid
characters..."

Thanks for the help!

Karl

MSDN Article: How to Encode XML Data
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnxml/html/
xmlencodings.asp




-----Original Message-----
From: Thomas B. Passin [mailto:tpassin@c...]
Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 9:26 PM
To: Xml-Dev
Subject: Re:  Parse Error - Invalid Character


[Karl Stubsjoen]

> The original XML document doesn't have > angle bracket where you have
> suggested.  I think that maybe the XML reader place it there.  I'm going
to
> try and place the original XML in here again.  I will attach it as a ZIP
> file to ensure that it does not get parsed:
>
>
I opened your zip file, and removed the non-xml error message.  The
remaining XML was passed as well-formed by msxml3 on Win 2000.  In any
event, you do not have to encode a "?" in xml.

Perhaps there was a character illegal in iso-8859-1 in one of the original
query strings, and the editor you used to capture it and append the xml file
might have converted it to a legal character.

See if a different parser gives a more useful error message.

Cheers,

Tom P

>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dennis Sosnoski [mailto:dms@s...]
> Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 12:45 PM
> To: Karl Stubsjoen
> Cc: Xml-Dev
> Subject: Re:  Parse Error - Invalid Character
>
>
> Nope, the problem is the right angle bracket '>' - this needs to be
> escaped as > within the CDATA section.
>
>   - Dennis
>
> Karl Stubsjoen wrote:
>
> >Hello,
> >
> >Would you agree that the "?" in the following XML is causing this XML
parse
> >error?  If so, what is the proper way to encode the "?"?
> >
> >Thanks, Karl
> >
> >Attachment included..
> >(I had to attach it, because the email editor kept trying to interprit
the
> >html tags).
> >
> >
> >------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >ERROR PARSING XML DOC:
> >-1072896760
> >An invalid character was found in text content.
> >Error on line:5
> >Line pos:299
> >Line containing error:
> >
> ><record><title><![CDATA[Ice.com - Fine Jewelers Since
>
1979]]></title><url>http://www.nc-mall.com/icecom?source=findwhat</url><desc
> ription><![CDATA[Ice - Great Jewelry At Exceptional Prices. Choose >From
> Absolutely Beautiful Pieces, Including Rings, Earrings, Bracelets,
Pendants,
> Necklaces, Watches
> >
> >


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