Configuration file is not well-formed XML

Question

HTTP Error 500.19 - Internal Server Error The requested page cannot be accessed because the related configuration data for the page is invalid.

The Config Source section reads:

35:     <add key="Miser_Rep_ETL_testString" value="/>
36:     <add key="Miser_Rep_ETL_testServer" value="MSSQLServer"/>
37:     <add key="Miser_Rep_ETL_testDateFormat" value="yyyy-MM-dd HH\:mm\:ss"/>

with line 36 being highlighted in red.

The web.config file was created, along with rest of the project, by CodeCharge Studio 5 (set to generate ASP.NET C#), so I don't believe there is something wrong with the XML. Since this is a new server (IIS 7.5), I suspect something else may (IIS) may be misconfigured. The same project works fine if deployed as classic ASP. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.. Thanks!

Answer 1

The problem is in line 35:

<add key="Miser_Rep_ETL_testString" value="/>

The value attribute is malformed and should be:

<add key="Miser_Rep_ETL_testString" value=""/>

Note that I simply added a " to enclose an empty attribute value.