mal-format xml checking tool

ufmale · 09-05-2008, 11:37 AM

I have a XML file contains 50,000 entry of data.
There are mal-format of data somewhere, but I could not find it.

It shows error on a certain location after entry 4526th as following

Code:

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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Not enough storage is available to complete this operation

After deleting any entry after 4526th, the IE seems to show the data correctly. So i continue adding more entries. So far, i added up to 5000th, IE still shows the data correctly. I am not sure what entry really create the problem.

Is there a tool to check the XML format and report the problem on the exact location.

Note, i have another software trying to read this xml, but it report a problem in a wrong location as well.

paulsm4 · 09-05-2008, 12:50 PM

Hi -

Different versions of Internet Explorer can croak for many different reasons that have nothing to do with whether or not the XML file is valid. I suspect whatever happened was probably an IE problem, not an XML problem.

For whatever it's worth, the best XML validation tool available is "XMLSpy". Unfortunately, it's not inexpensive, but you can download a trial version for free:

www.Altova.com/XMLSpy

Here are a couple of other links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XMLSpy
http://www.w3schools.com/Dom/dom_validate.asp
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/xm...lvalidapi.html

'Hope that helps .. PSM