Name cannot begin with the ' ' character

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I'm parsing some XML in C#. I'm getting it from a database, and so converting it to a MemoryStream before reading it with an XmlTextReader. The problem is that I get this error: Name cannot begin with the ' ' character, hexadecimal value 0x20. Line 1, position 3. Following is my XML and my code for reading it (it's coming out of the database alright, no blank first character). Any suggestions?

XML:

<? xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<form>
   <e order="0" type="custom" name="test">
      <fi type="text" />
      <o />
   </e>
   <e order="1" type="zip" />
   <e order="2" type="state" />
</form>

C#:

byte[] byteArray = new byte[formXml.Length];
System.Text.UTF8Encoding encoding = new System.Text.UTF8Encoding();
byteArray = encoding.GetBytes(formXml);
MemoryStream xmlStream = new MemoryStream(byteArray);

XmlTextReader xmlReader = new XmlTextReader(xmlStream);
while (xmlReader.Read())
{
    if (xmlReader.HasValue)
    {
        returnString += xmlReader.Depth.ToString();
    }
}

I thought it could be the encoding, but I've tried by UTF8 and ASCII and can't find anything.

xmltextreader memorystream xml c#
9 Answers

Yes, you should delete the space between <? and xml.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<form>
   <e order="0" type="custom" name="test">
      <fi type="text" />
      <o />
   </e>
   <e order="1" type="zip" />
   <e order="2" type="state" />
</form>

Here's the relevant XML spec.

user_486840

Your error message is quite explicit, you have an error at posn 3 in line 1. Try <?xml -- no space.

HighPerComp_443090

Remove the first space in the document:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
user_343970

You also should be carefull and avoid expressions like:

<e order="0" type="custom" name= "test">

The blank space that follows the name's equal could make your code crash

user_79978270

If in SSIS, just go to Solution Explorer, select the project then select "Rebuild Solution" from the Build menu option.

user_18221710
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