Hello All, I am creating an ashx Handler so that I can connect to a sql database and pull information from the database, and then use the feed that is created with another program that I am currently developing To set up my ashx handler I am using vb.net. my problem is that I keep getting an error message whenever I go and try to test out my ashx handler by running it in a web browser The error message I get is as follows The XML page cannot be displayed Cannot view XML input using style sheet. Please correct the error and then click the Refresh button, or try again later. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A string literal was expected, but no opening quote character was found. Error processing resource 'http://localhost/rss.as... <?xml version=\ 1.0\encoding=\UTF-8\?><rss version=\ 2.0\><channel><Identity>Place Identity</Iden... the first few lines of code for this ashx handler is Dim buildString As New System.Text.StringBuilder buildString.Append("<?xml version=\" + " 1.0\" + "encoding=\" + "UTF-8\?>")buildString.Append("<rss version=\" + " 2.0\" + "><channel>") Can someone explain to me what I am doing wrong here Thanks Mike