Hexadecimal value 0x00 is an invalid character

Jun 14, 2012 at 18:04
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Without your actual data or source, it will be hard for us to diagnose what is going wrong. However, I can make a few suggestions:

• Unicode NUL (0x00) is illegal in all versions of XML and validating parsers must reject input that contains it.
• Despite the above; real-world non-validated XML can contain any kind of garbage ill-formed bytes imaginable.
• XML 1.1 allows zero-width and nonprinting control characters (except NUL), so you cannot look at an XML 1.1 file in a text editor and tell what characters it contains.

Given what you wrote, I suspect whatever converts the database data to XML is broken; it’s propagating non-XML characters.

Create some database entries with non-XML characters (NULs, DELs, control characters, et al.) and run your XML converter on it. Output the XML to a file and look at it in a hex editor. If this contains non-XML characters, your converter is broken. Fix it or, if you cannot, create a preprocessor that rejects output with such characters.

If the converter output looks good, the problem is in your XML consumer; it’s inserting non-XML characters somewhere. You will have to break your consumption process into separate steps, examine the output at each step, and narrow down what is introducing the bad characters.

Check file encoding (for UTF-16)

Update: I just ran into an example of this myself! What was happening is that the producer was encoding the XML as UTF16 and the consumer was expecting UTF8. Since UTF16 uses 0x00 as the high byte for all ASCII characters and UTF8 doesn’t, the consumer was seeing every second byte as a NUL. In my case I could change encoding, but suggested all XML payloads start with a BOM.

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answered Jun 14, 2012 at 18:27
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Nice hack for the UTF-16 issue here: stackoverflow.com/questions/26330578/…
Oct 8, 2018 at 19:02

I got this after I made a config .xml file for my web app in powershell using «» > myConfigFile.xml to initialize the empty file, before I pasted in the config. This set the default encoding to UTF-16.

Feb 11, 2020 at 23:55

I just ran into this: problem for me was that I was parsing a string using System.Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(«some string»). Started working when I changed to System.Encoding.Utf8.GetBytes(«some string»). YMMV.

Nov 12, 2020 at 18:10

In my case, it took some digging, but found it.

My Context

I’m looking at exception/error logs from the website using Elmah. Elmah returns the state of the server at the of time the exception, in the form of a large XML document. For our reporting engine I pretty-print the XML with XmlWriter.

During a website attack, I noticed that some xmls weren’t parsing and was receiving this ‘.’, hexadecimal value 0x00, is an invalid character. exception.

NON-RESOLUTION: I converted the document to a byte[] and sanitized it of 0x00, but it found none.

When I scanned the xml document, I found the following:

There was the nul byte encoded as an html entity � .

RESOLUTION: To fix the encoding, I replaced the � value before loading it into my XmlDocument , because loading it will create the nul byte and it will be difficult to sanitize it from the object. Here’s my entire process:

XmlDocument xml = new XmlDocument(); details.Xml = details.Xml.Replace("�", "[0x00]"); // in my case I want to see it, otherwise just replace with "" xml.LoadXml(details.Xml); string formattedXml = null; // I have this in a helper function, but for this example I have put it in-line StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(); XmlWriterSettings settings = new XmlWriterSettings < OmitXmlDeclaration = true, Indent = true, IndentChars = "\t", NewLineHandling = NewLineHandling.None, >; using (XmlWriter writer = XmlWriter.Create(sb, settings))

LESSON LEARNED: sanitize for illegal bytes using the associated html entity, if your incoming data is html encoded on entry.

answered Oct 24, 2013 at 17:24
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To add to Sonz’s answer above, following worked for us.

//Instead of XmlString.Replace("�", "[0x00]"); // use this XmlString.Replace("\x00", "[0x00]"); 

answered Jul 17, 2015 at 16:26
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This worked for me after getting the RTF Body from an Outlook Mail item and attempting to serialise it to XML

Sep 29, 2016 at 2:02

adding even more to the conversation .. if you have to go across device platforms where the consuming device needs you to send and you use xslt to transform into the target format .. you can use a placeholder like (you can call it anything) and replace that at the end just before you send it out.

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I also get the same error in an ASP.NET application when I saved some unicode data (Hindi) in the Web.config file and saved it with «Unicode» encoding.

It fixed the error for me when I saved the Web.config file with «UTF-8» encoding.

answered Apr 17, 2013 at 5:24
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As kind of a late answer:

I’ve had this problem with SSRS ReportService2005.asmx when uploading a report.

 Public Shared Sub CreateReport(ByVal strFileNameAndPath As String, ByVal strReportName As String, ByVal strReportingPath As String, Optional ByVal bOverwrite As Boolean = True) Dim rs As SSRS_2005_Administration_WithFOA = New SSRS_2005_Administration_WithFOA rs.Credentials = ReportingServiceInterface.GetMyCredentials(strCredentialsURL) rs.Timeout = ReportingServiceInterface.iTimeout rs.Url = ReportingServiceInterface.strReportingServiceURL rs.UnsafeAuthenticatedConnectionSharing = True Dim btBuffer As Byte() = Nothing Dim rsWarnings As Warning() = Nothing Try Dim fstrStream As System.IO.FileStream = System.IO.File.OpenRead(strFileNameAndPath) btBuffer = New Byte(fstrStream.Length - 1) <> fstrStream.Read(btBuffer, 0, CInt(fstrStream.Length)) fstrStream.Close() Catch ex As System.IO.IOException Throw New Exception(ex.Message) End Try Try rsWarnings = rs.CreateReport(strReportName, strReportingPath, bOverwrite, btBuffer, Nothing) If Not (rsWarnings Is Nothing) Then Dim warning As Warning For Each warning In rsWarnings Log(warning.Message) Next warning Else Log("Report: created successfully with no warnings", strReportName) End If Catch ex As System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapException Log(ex.Detail.InnerXml.ToString()) Catch ex As Exception Log("Error at creating report. Invalid server name/timeout?" + vbCrLf + vbCrLf + "Error Description: " + vbCrLf + ex.Message) Console.ReadKey() System.Environment.Exit(1) End Try End Sub ' End Function CreateThisReport 

The problem occurs when you allocate a byte array that is at least 1 byte larger than the RDL (XML) file.

Specifically, I used a C# to vb.net converter, that converted

 btBuffer = new byte[fstrStream.Length]; 

 btBuffer = New Byte(fstrStream.Length) <> 

But because in C# the number denotes the NUMBER OF ELEMENTS in the array, and in VB.NET, that number denotes the UPPER BOUND of the array, I had an excess byte, causing this error.

So the problem’s solution is simply:

 btBuffer = New Byte(fstrStream.Length - 1) <> 

SQL Prompt Error ‘.’, hexadecimal value 0x00, is an invalid character. Line 1, position 1.

I am dealing with this very annoying issue that is currently not allowing me to use SQL Prompt at all.

SSMS — v18.6
SQL Prompt — v10.3.4.15571

This error occurs whenever I open my SSMS, it shows up immediately. When I close it down and try to use any of the options in SQL Prompt drop-down (in SSMS top navbar) nothing happens. When I try to use auto-complete it seems like SQL Prompt is disabled. I suppose all of these issues are caused by the initial error that occurs at the SSMS loading.

I have tried the following:

1) Re-installing all Red Gate products on my machine
2) Re-installing SSMS
3) Uninstalling SSMS and Red Gate products, and then installing them back
4) Installing older version of SQL Prompt

None of these seem to have worked. Someone please help.

P.S. Visual Studio is also showing a popup message with the same error.

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surgen Posts: 2 New member

I was able to find figure out the solution to this issue.

1) Uninstalled SQL Prompt
2) I went into C:\Users\myuser\AppData\Local\RedGate folder and deleted SQL Prompt 10 folder
3) Installed SQL Prompt

Things are back to normal now.

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Steve_Paxton Posts: 1 Bronze 1

Hi all, i had same problem after i accidentally hit the power switch.

To fix the issue without re-installing SQL Prompt what I did was
1) Exit SQL Management studio
2) Go to folder C:\Users\myuser\AppData\Local\Red Gate\SQL Prompt 10\
3) Rename the file (to test it first) RedGate_SQLPrompt_CommonUI_Options_UIOptions.xml to something else like RedGate_SQLPrompt_CommonUI_Options_UIOptions_old.xml
4) Run SQL Management studio

This will then re-generate this file. It seems this file got corrupted (i.e. its empty) once i run it up and worked I removed renamed file

Cassaundra Posts: 1 New member

Hi all, i had same problem after i accidentally hit the power switch.

To fix the issue without re-installing SQL Prompt what I did was
1) Exit SQL Management studio
2) Go to folder C:\Users\myuser\AppData\Local\Red Gate\SQL Prompt 10\
3) Rename the file (to test it first) RedGate_SQLPrompt_CommonUI_Options_UIOptions.xml to something else like RedGate_SQLPrompt_CommonUI_Options_UIOptions_old.xml
4) Run SQL Management studio

This will then re-generate this file. It seems this file got corrupted (i.e. its empty) once i run it up and worked I removed renamed file

Hexadecimal value 0x00 is an invalid character

Looks like a hidden null character is in your file. You can open it in Excel and do a search for CHAR(0) and replace it with blank/empty space. Then save it as a CSV again and try reimporting.

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‎01-29-2024 10:21 PM

Thanks for your reply.

I don’t have access to the csv file . It is in production environmen. I am loading the csv from Azure blob into Dataverse table using adf pipelines. for now I just skipped the records cuaing issue in adf pipeline. But I want to load those records in dataverse table . Is there a way to resolve the issue in dataverse or adf pipeline ?

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Ok, didn’t realize you were using a pipeline to automate it. That opens up more possibilities �� . A possible approach would be:

• Add a Derived Column transformation after you’ve read in the CSV data
• In the Derived Column, You can use an expression such as regexReplace to replace it with an empty value. Haven’t tested, but I imagine something like this (might need to try a few different combinations for the hex value, could be \x0000 or 0x0 without quotes) :
  regexReplace(, ‘\\x00’, »)

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TUESDAY TIPS are our way of communicating helpful things we’ve learned or shared that have helped members of the Community. Whether you’re just getting started or you’re a seasoned pro, Tuesday Tips will help you know where to go, what to look for, and navigate your way through the ever-growing—and ever-changing—world of the Power Platform Community! We cover basics about the Community, provide a few «insider tips» to make your experience even better, and share best practices gleaned from our most active community members and Super Users. With so many new Community members joining us each week, we’ll also review a few of our «best practices» so you know just «how» the Community works, so make sure to watch the News & Announcements each week for the latest and greatest Tuesday Tips! THIS WEEK’S TIP: Unlocking Achievements and Earning BadgesAcross the Communities, you’ll see badges on users profile that recognize and reward their engagement and contributions. These badges each signify a different achievement—and all of those achievements are available to any Community member! If you’re a seasoned pro or just getting started, you too can earn badges for the great work you do. Check out some details on Community badges below—and find out more in the detailed link at the end of the article! A Diverse Range of Badges to Collect The badges you can earn in the Community cover a wide array of activities, including: Kudos Received: Acknowledges the number of times a user’s post has been appreciated with a “Kudo.”Kudos Given: Highlights the user’s generosity in recognizing others’ contributions.Topics Created: Tracks the number of discussions initiated by a user.Solutions Provided: Celebrates the instances where a user’s response is marked as the correct solution.Reply: Counts the number of times a user has engaged with community discussions.Blog Contributor: Honors those who contribute valuable content and are invited to write for the community blog. A Community Evolving Together Badges are not only a great way to recognize outstanding contributions of our amazing Community members—they are also a way to continue fostering a collaborative and supportive environment. As you continue to share your knowledge and assist each other these badges serve as a visual representation of your valuable contributions. Find out more about badges in these Community Support pages in each Community: All About Community Badges — Power Apps CommunityAll About Community Badges — Power Automate CommunityAll About Community Badges — Copilot Studio CommunityAll About Community Badges — Power Pages Community