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I'm debugging an issue which I suspect has to do with the data (it only happens once in a great while, and possibly is only when a particular record is used*). The data in question is a Sharepoint list. I have an xml representation of the data that I would like to look through to see if there any obvious problems.

  • It is a 35-question test, and the 35 are randomly selected from a pool of 107 questions. So if it is one question/record that is the problem, it is only being used maybe a third of the time, and may only be a problem if a particular element therein is referenced (depending on the candidate answer the test-taker selects).

I wanted to view this in a way where the individual elements can be viewed more readily than what Notepad++'s XML view allows (records are simply jumbled together).

I downloaded XML Viewer from MIndFusion, but when I attempt to open the XML file it tells me, "Invalid at the top level of the document" and implicates this (first line):

<xml xmlns:s="uuid:BDC6E3F0-6DA3-11d1-A2A3-00AA00C14882" xmlns:dt="uuid:C2F41010-65B3-11d1-A29F-00AA00C14882" xmlns:rs="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:rowset" xmlns:z="#RowsetSchema">

What can I do to tweak the XML file to make it viewable? Or is there another viewer tool that will handle this better?

B. Clay Shannon-B. Crow Raven
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This part here:

xmlns:rs="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:rowset"

Is invalid. An XMLNS can only have one : in it.

Notepad++ parses this fine for me using the XML Tools plugin - which does provide some pretty-printing functionality. You might find that useful. Otherwise I'd try removing the extra colon or replacing it with someing valid and viewing it in the other editor(s) you're trying.

Dan Field
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