topic Re: Got the 'Error reading XML' error when claiming the task before completing the task in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/got-the-error-reading-xml-error-when-claiming-the-task-before/m-p/193412#M146542 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>The error seems to indicate that something is wrong at the beginning of your XML. Try to clean it as much as possible to see what is causing the error.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 02 Jun 2015 19:06:17 GMT jbarrez 2015-06-02T19:06:17Z Got the 'Error reading XML' error when claiming the task before completing the task https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/got-the-error-reading-xml-error-when-claiming-the-task-before/m-p/193411#M146541 I am using Activiti engine version 5.17.0 in my java based project. I took all the jar files from the "activiti-explorer.war" folder and using them as library jars in my project build path. I got the following error when claiming the task before completing the task.org.activiti.bpmn.exceptions.XMLEx Wed, 27 May 2015 13:12:07 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/got-the-error-reading-xml-error-when-claiming-the-task-before/m-p/193411#M146541 tinlinnnsoe 2015-05-27T13:12:07Z Re: Got the 'Error reading XML' error when claiming the task before completing the task https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/got-the-error-reading-xml-error-when-claiming-the-task-before/m-p/193412#M146542 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>The error seems to indicate that something is wrong at the beginning of your XML. Try to clean it as much as possible to see what is causing the error.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 02 Jun 2015 19:06:17 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/got-the-error-reading-xml-error-when-claiming-the-task-before/m-p/193412#M146542 jbarrez 2015-06-02T19:06:17Z Re: Got the 'Error reading XML' error when claiming the task before completing the task https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/got-the-error-reading-xml-error-when-claiming-the-task-before/m-p/193413#M146543 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I was having a similar problem.&nbsp; I finally tracked the error to a conflict in my jdbc drivers. I had two versions of the postgresql jdbc driver: one for postgresql 8 and another for postgresql 9.&nbsp; I removed the old one, and now it reads the xml fine.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 29 Oct 2015 23:09:51 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/got-the-error-reading-xml-error-when-claiming-the-task-before/m-p/193413#M146543 pakmans 2015-10-29T23:09:51Z