BUG: "Run-time error: -2147467259 IPersistXML: Error parsing XML" error message when you load an XML document in Commerce Server 2002

Well-formed XML documents start with a declaration that identifies the document and that identifies the version of XML that is being used. However, if the <xml version='1.0'> tag is present in an XML document, the LoadXML method of the IPersistXML interface fails when the LoadXML method tries to load the document in Microsoft Commerce Server 2002. When this problem occurs, you receive the following error message:

The LoadXML method is not designed to handle all components of an XML document. In this case, the LoadXML method fails when it tries to parse the header.

Remove the <xml version='1.0'> tag from the header of the XML document before you process the document.

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

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