Databases
StackOverflow2013
Postsdbo
POHow to solve "unable to switch the encoding" error when inserting XML into SQL Server
 

Note that there are some explanatory texts on larger screens.

plurals
  1. POHow to solve "unable to switch the encoding" error when inserting XML into SQL Server
    primarykey
    data
    text
    <p>I'm trying to insert into XML column (SQL SERVER 2008 R2), but the server's complaining:</p> <blockquote> <p>System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException (0x80131904):<br> XML parsing: line 1, character 39, unable to switch the encoding</p> </blockquote> <p>I found out that the XML column has to be UTF-16 in order for the insert to succeed.</p> <p>The code I'm using is:</p> <pre><code> XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(MyMessage)); StringWriter str = new StringWriter(); serializer.Serialize(str, message); string messageToLog = str.ToString(); </code></pre> <p>How can I serialize object to be in UTF-8 string?</p> <p><em>EDIT</em>: Ok, sorry for the mixup - the string needs to be in UTF-8. You were right - it's UTF-16 by default, and if I try to insert in UTF-8 it passes. So the question is how to serialize into UTF-8.</p> <p><strong>Example</strong></p> <p>This causes errors while trying to insert into SQL Server:</p> <pre><code> &lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?&gt; &lt;MyMessage&gt;Teno&lt;/MyMessage&gt; </code></pre> <p>This doesn't:</p> <pre><code> &lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?&gt; &lt;MyMessage&gt;Teno&lt;/MyMessage&gt; </code></pre> <p><strong>Update</strong></p> <p>I figured out when the SQL Server 2008 for its <code>Xml</code> column type needs utf-8, and when utf-16 in <code>encoding</code> property of the xml specification you're trying to insert:</p> <p>When you want to add <code>utf-8</code>, then add parameters to SQL command like this:</p> <pre><code> sqlcmd.Parameters.Add("ParamName", SqlDbType.VarChar).Value = xmlValueToAdd; </code></pre> <p>If you try to add the xmlValueToAdd with <code>encoding=utf-16</code> in the previous row it would produce errors in insert. Also, the <code>VarChar</code> means that national characters aren't recognized (they turn out as question marks).</p> <p>To add utf-16 to db, either use <code>SqlDbType.NVarChar</code> or <code>SqlDbType.Xml</code> in previous example, or just don't specify type at all:</p> <pre><code> sqlcmd.Parameters.Add(new SqlParameter("ParamName", xmlValueToAdd)); </code></pre>
    singulars
    1. PO
      singulars
      1. PTAnswer
    1. This table or related slice is empty.
    1. PTQuestion
    1. USLuke Girvin
    1. USveljkoz
    plurals
    1. PL
      singulars
      1. LTLinked
    2. PL
      singulars
      1. LTLinked
    3. PL
      singulars
      1. LTLinked
    1. PL
      singulars
      1. LTLinked
    2. PL
      singulars
      1. LTLinked
    3. PL
      singulars
      1. LTLinked
    1. This table or related slice is empty.
    1. PO
      singulars
      1. PTAnswer
    2. PO
      singulars
      1. PTAnswer
    3. PO
      singulars
      1. PTAnswer
    1. VO
      singulars
      1. POHow to solve "unable to switch the encoding" error when inserting XML into SQL Server
      1. This table or related slice is empty.
      1. VTUpMod
    2. VO
      singulars
      1. POHow to solve "unable to switch the encoding" error when inserting XML into SQL Server
      1. USGuy
      1. VTFavorite
    3. VO
      singulars
      1. POHow to solve "unable to switch the encoding" error when inserting XML into SQL Server
      1. This table or related slice is empty.
      1. VTUpMod
    1. COCan you not keep everything as XML, rather than converting it into a string in your application, only to have SQL Server try to convert it back into XML?
      singulars
      1. POHow to solve "unable to switch the encoding" error when inserting XML into SQL Server
      1. USDamien_The_Unbeliever
    2. COI receive object - I don't have XML yet, and that's what I need
      singulars
      1. POHow to solve "unable to switch the encoding" error when inserting XML into SQL Server
      1. USveljkoz
    3. COFYI to readers - near duplicates: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1564718/using-stringwriter-for-xml-serialization and http://stackoverflow.com/questions/384974/trying-to-store-xml-content-into-sql-server-2005-fails-encoding-problem
      singulars
      1. POHow to solve "unable to switch the encoding" error when inserting XML into SQL Server
      1. USziesemer
 

Querying!

 
Guidance
A row detail

Detail views are divided into sections. All the information in the data section comes from columns in the selected row. The other sections display data from other, related rows.

Related data can be related in a to-one or a to-many fashion. Captions of data related in a to-many fashion link to a list view showing a filtered view of the table.

Try moving around until you find a non-empty to-many entry and click on the label to get to one. You can move back to the root by clicking on the database name in the header.

SQuiL has stopped working due to an internal error.

If you are curious you may find further information in the browser console, which is accessible through the devtools (F12).

Reload