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

[jerrysc99]

I'm getting the following error below.

System.Configuration.ConfigurationException: '<', hexadecimal value 0x3C, is an invalid attribute character. Line 8, position 68. (c:\inetpub\wwwroot\essential-ehs\e6dataimporter\bin\e6dataimportservice.exe.con fig line 8) ---> System.Xml.XmlException: '<', hexadecimal value 0x3C, is an invalid attribute character. Line 8, position 68.

<configuration>
<appSettings>
<add key="MessageQueueName" value="jerry"/>
<add key="MessageTimeout" value="10000"/>
<add key="SupportLibs" value="C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\Essential-EHS\E6DataImporter\bin\"/>
<add key="SelectXMLPath" value="C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\Essential-EHS\_ESSXML\"/>
<add key="BusinessRulesPath" value="C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\Essential-EHS\E6DataImporter\Template Metadata\"/>
<add key="connectString" value="Provider=SQLOLEDB.1;Data Source=jerryc-desk;User ID=pwadm;Password=pwadm;Initial Catalog=plnt32;"/>
<add key="From" value="[e-mail]"/>
<add key="SMTPServer" value="10.2.2.40"/>
<add key="AdminEmailID" value="[e-mail]"/>
<add key="MaximumRows" 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;