Is anyone getting an xml parse error when trying to pull the rss?

April 7, 2005 7:09 PM

Is anyone getting an xml parse error when trying to pull the rss?
posted by blendor to Bugs at 7:09 PM (6 comments total)

(Apologies if this is not the appropriate forum for such posts.)
posted by blendor at 7:10 PM on April 7, 2005

Yeah, happens sometimes.
posted by andendau at 8:26 PM on April 7, 2005

I still don't know what all that stuff even means....!
posted by Doohickie at 8:35 PM on April 7, 2005

So... not newsworthy, I'm guessing?
Probably just some code used in a post that doesn't jibe with the coldfusion-generated xml. (total guess, there)
posted by blendor at 8:51 PM on April 7, 2005

My guess would be that it happens when someone uses an ampersand in the post title. IIRC, XML considers that an unterminated entity. Like such:

Google adds very cool Q&A feature
posted by smackfu at 9:16 PM on April 7, 2005

Title tag had an ampersand in it, killing the rss file. I fixed it and will put a check in to prevent this in the future.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 10:17 PM on April 7, 2005