A name was started with an invalid character

[kenny_oh]

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

<% 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>

[visualAd]

Do you mean this line?

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

[kenny_oh]

yes!! what is the mistake?

[visualAd]

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

[kenny_oh]

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

[kenny_oh]

"A name was started with an invalid character"

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

[visualAd]

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:

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

<TVSchedule>
	<TVGuide>

[kenny_oh]

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

[kenny_oh]

error message:

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" %>
-^

[visualAd]

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.

[kenny_oh]

how about using Apache web server?

[visualAd]

No, only IIS.

[kenny_oh]

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

i dont know how to use iis server?

[visualAd]

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

[kenny_oh]

what u mean "has been started"??

[visualAd]

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

[kenny_oh]

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

[kenny_oh]

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?

[ali_ggl]

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.

[mendhak]

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.