topic WFS connection error in Standards and Interoperability Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/standards-and-interoperability-questions/wfs-connection-error/m-p/579094#M286 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I have created a WFS service. The WFS is created from an MSD, not a geodatabase.&nbsp; The WMS equivalent works just fine and they are separate services.&nbsp; When I try to connect via the interoperability ext. I get this error:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>ERROR |&lt;WFS&gt; A WFS_Capabilities document was expected; however, no document was found at ...</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Or</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>ERROR |Received HTTP response header: 'HTTP/1.1 499, ERROR |&lt;WFS&gt; Unable to fetch the capabilities document:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>If i try to plug the link into a browser i get this error:</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>XML Parsing Error: not well-formed </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>OR</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Xml Parsing failed. Reason:Invalid at the top level of the document. Linepos:1 Source:�?.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Any help would be greatly appreciated.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:51:14 GMT TonyMonsour 2010-09-07T14:51:14Z WFS connection error https://community.esri.com/t5/standards-and-interoperability-questions/wfs-connection-error/m-p/579094#M286 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I have created a WFS service. The WFS is created from an MSD, not a geodatabase.&nbsp; The WMS equivalent works just fine and they are separate services.&nbsp; When I try to connect via the interoperability ext. I get this error:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>ERROR |&lt;WFS&gt; A WFS_Capabilities document was expected; however, no document was found at ...</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Or</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>ERROR |Received HTTP response header: 'HTTP/1.1 499, ERROR |&lt;WFS&gt; Unable to fetch the capabilities document:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>If i try to plug the link into a browser i get this error:</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>XML Parsing Error: not well-formed </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>OR</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Xml Parsing failed. Reason:Invalid at the top level of the document. Linepos:1 Source:�?.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Any help would be greatly appreciated.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:51:14 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/standards-and-interoperability-questions/wfs-connection-error/m-p/579094#M286 TonyMonsour 2010-09-07T14:51:14Z Re: WFS connection error https://community.esri.com/t5/standards-and-interoperability-questions/wfs-connection-error/m-p/579095#M287 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I think you'd need to post some of your capabilities xml.&nbsp; Sounds like a typo or illegal character.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 22 Oct 2010 10:14:14 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/standards-and-interoperability-questions/wfs-connection-error/m-p/579095#M287 MikeMcMahon 2010-10-22T10:14:14Z