A name was started with an invalid character

first line of the code below cause some error "A name was started with an invalid character".............what is the error??

Code:

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<% Response.ContentType = "application/xml" %>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<?xml:stylesheet type = "text/xsl" href ="NBAGuideTransform.xsl"?>

<TVSchedule>
        <TVGuide>
<%

Dim adoConnect
Dim adoRecordset

Set adoConnect = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")

adoConnect.open = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;" & "DataSource=C:\NBATVGuide.mdb"

Set adoRecordset = adoConnect.Execute("Select ProgramTitle, ProStartTime from tblNBASchedule order by ProStartTime")

Do While Not adoRecordset.EOF
        Response.Write "<ProgramTime>" + adoRecordset("ProStartTime") + "</ProgramTime>"
        Response.Write "<ProgramTitle>" + adoRecordset("ProgramTitle") + "</ProgramTitle>"
        adoRecordset.MoveNext
Loop

adoRecordset.Close

set adoRecordset = Nothing

%>
        </TVGuide>
</TVschedule>

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Do you mean this line?

<% Response.ContentType = "application/xml" %>

yes!! what is the mistake?

There is no mistake. If you are using Notepad to edit the file, make sutre that you save it in ANSI and not Unicode.

ya...i'm save in ANSI.....but still cannot...

"A name was started with an invalid character"

this line error is it mean i'm using some invalid character?

What is giving you the error? ASP or the XML viewer you are using. I think you may have to remove all white space before the first tag, like this:

Code:

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<% Response.ContentType = "application/xml" %><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<?xml:stylesheet type = "text/xsl" href ="NBAGuideTransform.xsl"?>

<TVSchedule>
        <TVGuide>

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i'm using Internet Explorer to view.............i remove the white space but still have the same error!

error message:

Code:

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The XML page cannot be displayed
Cannot view XML input using XSL style sheet. Please correct the error and then click the Refresh button, or try again later.


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A name was started with an invalid character. Error processing resource 'http://localhost/ASP_Sample.aspx'. Line 1, Positi...

<% Response.ContentType = "application/xml" %>
-^

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Well you have ASP code in the XML file, you need to have that executed by a webserver first. Internet Explorer doesn't execute ASP code. You need to upload it to a web server with ASP and view in the browser from there.

how about using Apache web server?

No, only IIS.

put the asp file in the wwwroot and then how to view the file?

i dont know how to use iis server?

Make sure it has been started and go to http://localhost/file_name.xml

what u mean "has been started"??

Goto Internet Information Services under computer management and check that the IIS web service has been started.

service and application there got IIS, is it mean started?

i have change the IIS port to 8585 and the IIS have started.......and then i put the ASP_Sample.aspx file in the wwwroot...............

in the web browser there i type "http://localhost:8585/ASP_Sample.aspx

but display error message "the page cannot displayed"

what is the problem?

Hi i am also getting the same error but when i access my pages using localhost its opened successfully but while accessing with IP address its giving error have you any idea why i am getting this error.
Ali.
:wave:

You'll only get that error if you're running the page against a server that doesn't have ASP installed or has ASP 'locked down'. Look under the web services extension in IIS.