refresh xml

[Vincent Jones]

Why is it that whenever the XML syntax is incorrect, correcting it won't solve the problem.

example
i forgot to close my <fname> and <lname> tags and my page crashed. but after changing them, the page still showed the same error message. I had to rename the file and then load it. Is this how it works. Thanks code below..

response.write("<?xml version='1.0' encoding='ISO-8859-1'?>") response.write("<guestbook>") while (not rs.EOF) response.write("<guest>") response.write("<fname>" & rs("Painting") & "<fname>") response.write("<lname>" & rs("Artist") & "<lname><br>") response.write("</guest>") rs.MoveNext wend rs.close objconn.close response.write("</guestbook>")

 

[Martin Honnen]

Why is it that whenever the XML syntax is incorrect, correcting it won't solve the problem.

example
i forgot to close my <fname> and <lname> tags and my page crashed.

Your page crashed? What does that mean? The browser you used to view the page crashed? And which browser have you been using?

but after changing them, the page still showed the same error message. I had to rename the file and then load it. Is this how it works.

Could depend on cache settings. But we will need to know which browser the problem occurs this.

 

[No1 (archive)]

response.write("<lname>" & rs("Artist") & "<lname><br>")

That is not valid XML. You have an unclosed element <br>! You must either use <br/> or close it again with </br>.