xml error help 1

[ashstampede]

I was hopping for some liberation on what this possible error message my be coming from a web server after i send a request.

ERROR MESSAGE
Invalid XML The name of the top most element must match the name of the DOCTYPE declaration

my xml request looks like this

<RateV2Request>
 <Package ID="0">
  <Service>Parcel</Service>
  <ZipOrigination>xxxxx</ZipOrigination>
  <ZipDestination>xxxxx</ZipDestination>
  <Pounds>0</Pounds>
  <Ounces>3</Ounces>
  <Container></Container>
  <Size>REGULAR</Size>
  <Machinable>False</Machinable>
 </Package>
</RateV2Request

 

[chessbot]

Your last tag is missing a >. Is this a typo?

--Chessbot

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[chiph]

The web server is using a DTD to validate your XML, and it's not passing validation because your element name doesn't match what it expects.

Can you talk to the owner of the web site and see if they can send you a copy of it?

Chip H.


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[ashstampede]

yes chessbot that's a typo, i'm building the xml using .NET system.xml.xmldocument.CreateElement that automatically creats the closing element.

chip i have e-mail about that specific error, they havn't responsed. But after reading your post i have e-mail them requesting the dtd. This is the United States Postal Service web tools.

thanks both

 

[harebrain]

The examples show that the root node requires userid/password attributes.

<RateV2Request USERID="xxxxxx" PASSWORD="xxxxxxx">

Have you tried that?