Friday, March 07, 2008

WCF client says 'No Corresponding Start Element Open'

Once again I'll just make a comment about this error. When using Dataset across a WCF service the service call may fail with the error "No Corresponding Start Element Open". The error makes perfect sense once you know the answer, but to the uninitiated it might be perplexing.

The problem is that the return value of the service call is a Dataset. If you return null from the service call then the client will see this error. The answer, well it depends on what you want to achieve. But probably just return an empty dataset and then test the contents on the client (which should be done anyway for good coding practice).

Instant Development: Frustrating Error: No Corresponding Start Element Open

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