please help. '<', hexadecimal value 0x3C, is an invalid attribute character. Line 8,

[jerrysc99]

I'm getting the following error below.

System.Configur ation.Configura tionException: '<', hexadecimal value 0x3C, is an invalid attribute character. Line 8, position 68. (c:\inetpub\www root\essential-ehs\e6dataimpor ter\bin\e6datai mportservice.ex e.config line 8) ---> System.Xml.XmlE xception: '<', hexadecimal value 0x3C, is an invalid attribute character. Line 8, position 68.

<configuratio n>
<appSettings>
<add key="MessageQue ueName" value="jerry"/>
<add key="MessageTim eout" value="10000"/>
<add key="SupportLib s" value="C:\Inetp ub\wwwroot\Esse ntial-EHS\E6DataImpor ter\bin\"/>
<add key="SelectXMLP ath" value="C:\Inetp ub\wwwroot\Esse ntial-EHS\_ESSXML\"/>
<add key="BusinessRu lesPath" value="C:\Inetp ub\wwwroot\Esse ntial-EHS\E6DataImpor ter\Template Metadata\"/>
<add key="connectStr ing" value="Provider =SQLOLEDB.1;Dat a Source=jerryc-desk;User ID=pwadm;Passwo rd=pwadm;Initia l Catalog=plnt32; "/>
<add key="From" value="jerry.c@ email-home.com"/>
<add key="SMTPServer " value="10.2.2.4 0"/>
<add key="AdminEmail ID" value="jerry.c@ email-home.com"/>
<add key="MaximumRow s" value="500"/>
</appSettings>
</configuration>

[kestrel]

Im not too sure, but this is XML right? Anyways, im going to move this to the XML forum. Have a Nice Day!

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Kestrel

[jkmyoung]

It says you have a '<' character inside the string of an attribute somewhere.
From your code posted, I can't see it, and it seems to be well-formed when I cut and paste.

You could try using an xml editor, which should tell you exactly where the offending character is. If you do find a '<' character, try replacing it with the entity &lt;