Xml parsing error no element found at line 1

I recently migrated an ASP site from my dev machine to a live server. All the pages except my FAQ page works just fine, but my FAQ brings up:

XML Parsing Error: no element found
Location: http://geniusupdate.com/GSHelp/faq.aspx
Line Number 1, Column 1:

The only changes I have made were changing the connection string on my SQL page from local to the string specified by my hosting service. Any tips on what I can do to find the root of this issue?

here is the source to my FAQ page:

<%@ Page Language="VB" MasterPageFile="~/theMaster.master" AutoEventWireup="false" CodeFile="faq.aspx.vb" Inherits="faq" Title="Untitled Page" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="sqlstuff" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="functions" %>

<asp:Content ContentPlaceHolderID="page_title" ID="theTitle" runat="server">
    FAQ</asp:Content>
<asp:Content ContentPlaceHolderID="column1_title" ID="col1Title" runat="server">
    <%=faqPageTitle(Request.QueryString("cid"))%></asp:Content>
<asp:Content ContentPlaceHolderID="column1" ID="columnContent" runat="server">

     <p>Click on a question to expand it to see the answer!</p>
     <p><%  If cID >= 0 Then
                Dim theFaq As New List(Of faqContent), iterate As Integer = 0
                theFaq = sqlStuff.getFaqs(cID)
                For Each oFaq As faqContent In theFaq
                    Response.Output.WriteLine("<h4 id={0} class={1}>Q: {2}</h4>", _
                                                 addQuotes("gsSwitch{0}-title", iterate), _
                                                 addQuotes("handCursor"), _
                                                 oFaq.Content.Question)
                    Response.Output.WriteLine("<div id={0} class={1}><string>A: </strong>{2}</div>", _
                                                 addQuotes("gsSwitch{0}", iterate), _
                                                 addQuotes("gsSwitch"), _
                                                 oFaq.Content.Answer)

                    iterate += 1
                Next
            Else
                Response.Output.Write("Here you can find a lot of information about eTHOMAS and how to expedite your office tasks.{0}", ControlChars.NewLine)
            End If
    %></p>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        var gsContent = new switchcontent("gsSwitch", "div")
        var eID = '<%= expandID %>'
        gsContent.collapsePrevious(true) // TRUE: only 1; FALSE: any number
        gsContent.setPersist(false)
        if(eID >= 0){
            gsContent.defaultExpanded(eID) // opens the searched FAQ
            document.getElementById('gsSwitch' + eID + '-title').scrollIntoView(true) // scrolls to selected FAQ
        }        
        gsContent.init()
    </script>
</asp:Content>
<asp:Content ContentPlaceHolderID="subcolumn_right_title" ID="rSideColTitle" runat="server"></asp:Content>
<asp:Content ContentPlaceHolderID="subcolumn_right" ID="rSideColContent" runat="server"></asp:Content>
<asp:Content ContentPlaceHolderID="subcolumn_left_title" ID="lSideColTitle" runat="server"></asp:Content>
<asp:Content ContentPlaceHolderID="subcolumn_left" ID="lSideColContent" runat="server"></asp:Content>
<asp:Content ContentPlaceHolderID="sidecolumn_title" ID="sideColtitle" runat="server">
</asp:Content>
<asp:Content ContentPlaceHolderID="sidecolumn" ID="sideCol" runat="server">
    <%  If cID >= 0 Then
            Response.Write(constructFaqSideMenu(CInt(Request.QueryString("cid"))))
        Else
            Response.Write(constructFaqSideMenu())
        End If
    %>
</asp:Content>

I found this on another forum link:

Well, it appears it’s a bit of both. The message is generated by Firefox, but caused by the framework. For some reason, .NET generates a response type of «application/xml» when it creates an empty page. Firefox parses the file as XML and finding no root element, spits out the error message.

IE does not render the page, period. This is where the XML is coming from.

Here is the constructFaqSideMenu() function:

Public Shared Function constructFaqSideMenu(ByVal oSelID As Integer) As String
    Dim oCatList As New List(Of faqCategory)
    Dim oRet As New StringBuilder
    Dim iterate As Integer = 1, extraTag As String = ""

    oCatList = sqlStuff.getFaqCats

    oRet.AppendFormattedLine("<ul id={0}>", addQuotes("submenu"))
    oRet.AppendFormattedLine("    <li id={0}>FAQ Categories</li>", addQuotes("title"))
    For Each category As faqCategory In oCatList
        If iterate = oSelID Then
            extraTag = String.Format(" id={0}", addQuotes("active"))
        Else
            extraTag = ""
        End If
        oRet.AppendFormattedLine("    <li{0}><a href={1}>{2}</a></li>", extraTag, addQuotes("faq.aspx?cid={0}", iterate), StrConv(category.Title,         VbStrConv.ProperCase))
        iterate += 1
    Next
    oRet.AppendLine("</ul>")

    Return oRet.ToString
End Function

And here is the source of the blank page IE returns:

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"></HEAD>
<BODY></BODY></HTML>

Недавно я перенес сайт ASP с моей машины разработки на рабочий сервер. Все страницы, кроме моей страницы часто задаваемых вопросов, работают нормально, но мой FAQ выводит:

XML Parsing Error: no element found
Location: http://geniusupdate.com/GSHelp/faq.aspx
Line Number 1, Column 1:

Единственными изменениями, которые я сделал, было изменение строки подключения на моей странице SQL с локальной на строку, указанную моей службой хостинга. Любые советы о том, что я могу сделать, чтобы найти корень этой проблемы?

вот источник моей страницы часто задаваемых вопросов:

<%@ Page Language="VB" MasterPageFile="~/theMaster.master" AutoEventWireup="false" CodeFile="faq.aspx.vb" Inherits="faq" Title="Untitled Page" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="sqlstuff" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="functions" %>

<asp:Content ContentPlaceHolderID="page_title" ID="theTitle" runat="server">
    FAQ</asp:Content>
<asp:Content ContentPlaceHolderID="column1_title" ID="col1Title" runat="server">
    <%=faqPageTitle(Request.QueryString("cid"))%></asp:Content>
<asp:Content ContentPlaceHolderID="column1" ID="columnContent" runat="server">

     <p>Click on a question to expand it to see the answer!</p>
     <p><%  If cID >= 0 Then
                Dim theFaq As New List(Of faqContent), iterate As Integer = 0
                theFaq = sqlStuff.getFaqs(cID)
                For Each oFaq As faqContent In theFaq
                    Response.Output.WriteLine("<h4 id={0} class={1}>Q: {2}</h4>", _
                                                 addQuotes("gsSwitch{0}-title", iterate), _
                                                 addQuotes("handCursor"), _
                                                 oFaq.Content.Question)
                    Response.Output.WriteLine("<div id={0} class={1}><string>A: </strong>{2}</div>", _
                                                 addQuotes("gsSwitch{0}", iterate), _
                                                 addQuotes("gsSwitch"), _
                                                 oFaq.Content.Answer)

                    iterate += 1
                Next
            Else
                Response.Output.Write("Here you can find a lot of information about eTHOMAS and how to expedite your office tasks.{0}", ControlChars.NewLine)
            End If
    %></p>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        var gsContent = new switchcontent("gsSwitch", "div")
        var eID = '<%= expandID %>'
        gsContent.collapsePrevious(true) // TRUE: only 1; FALSE: any number
        gsContent.setPersist(false)
        if(eID >= 0){
            gsContent.defaultExpanded(eID) // opens the searched FAQ
            document.getElementById('gsSwitch' + eID + '-title').scrollIntoView(true) // scrolls to selected FAQ
        }        
        gsContent.init()
    </script>
</asp:Content>
<asp:Content ContentPlaceHolderID="subcolumn_right_title" ID="rSideColTitle" runat="server"></asp:Content>
<asp:Content ContentPlaceHolderID="subcolumn_right" ID="rSideColContent" runat="server"></asp:Content>
<asp:Content ContentPlaceHolderID="subcolumn_left_title" ID="lSideColTitle" runat="server"></asp:Content>
<asp:Content ContentPlaceHolderID="subcolumn_left" ID="lSideColContent" runat="server"></asp:Content>
<asp:Content ContentPlaceHolderID="sidecolumn_title" ID="sideColtitle" runat="server">
</asp:Content>
<asp:Content ContentPlaceHolderID="sidecolumn" ID="sideCol" runat="server">
    <%  If cID >= 0 Then
            Response.Write(constructFaqSideMenu(CInt(Request.QueryString("cid"))))
        Else
            Response.Write(constructFaqSideMenu())
        End If
    %>
</asp:Content>

Я нашел это на другом форуме ссылке:

Что ж, похоже, это и то, и другое. Сообщение генерируется Firefox, но вызывается фреймворком. По какой-то причине .NET генерирует тип ответа «application/xml», когда создает пустую страницу. Firefox анализирует файл как XML и, не обнаружив корневого элемента, выдает сообщение об ошибке.

IE не отображает страницу, и точка. Вот откуда исходит XML.

Вот функцияstructFaqSideMenu():

Public Shared Function constructFaqSideMenu(ByVal oSelID As Integer) As String
    Dim oCatList As New List(Of faqCategory)
    Dim oRet As New StringBuilder
    Dim iterate As Integer = 1, extraTag As String = ""

    oCatList = sqlStuff.getFaqCats

    oRet.AppendFormattedLine("<ul id={0}>", addQuotes("submenu"))
    oRet.AppendFormattedLine("    <li id={0}>FAQ Categories</li>", addQuotes("title"))
    For Each category As faqCategory In oCatList
        If iterate = oSelID Then
            extraTag = String.Format(" id={0}", addQuotes("active"))
        Else
            extraTag = ""
        End If
        oRet.AppendFormattedLine("    <li{0}><a href={1}>{2}</a></li>", extraTag, addQuotes("faq.aspx?cid={0}", iterate), StrConv(category.Title,         VbStrConv.ProperCase))
        iterate += 1
    Next
    oRet.AppendLine("</ul>")

    Return oRet.ToString
End Function

А вот источник пустой страницы, которую возвращает IE:

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"></HEAD>
<BODY></BODY></HTML>