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Asked: 2026-06-05T10:18:50+00:00

I have a string that I want to convert it to XML but it

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I have a string that I want to convert it to XML but it is giving me an error.

 <error>A string literal was expected<error>

SET @xmlString = '<OrgStructureRole><SurveyId>13</SurveyId><UserName>xyz13</UserName><UserName>rmn456</UserName><Rule OrgTreeID=131705></Rule><Rule OrgTreeID=131721></Rule></OrgStructureRole>'

I am trying to convert this by using this way.

SELECT  convert(xml,@xmlString)

Any suggestions?

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  1. Editorial Team

    I believe it’s failing because the OrgTreeID attributes on the Rule nodes should be quoted…

    <Rule OrgTreeID="131705"></Rule><Rule OrgTreeID="131721"></Rule>

    Giving as an entire line…

    SET @xmlString = '<OrgStructureRole><SurveyId>13</SurveyId><UserName>xyz13</UserName><UserName>rmn456</UserName><Rule OrgTreeID="131705"></Rule><Rule OrgTreeID="131721"></Rule></OrgStructureRole>'

    If that’s not working, try instead to do a direct assignment…

    DECLARE @xml AS XML
SET @xml = '<OrgStructureRole><SurveyId>13</SurveyId><UserName>xyz13</UserName><UserName>rmn456</UserName><Rule OrgTreeID="131705"></Rule><Rule OrgTreeID="131721"></Rule></OrgStructureRole>'
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