Hi, I've got a strange problem that I have spent an entire day and a half trying to figure out. In a SSIS 2005 package, I am calling a web service method, which returns an xml document in a string, to be saved to a file (initially). However, whether I attempt to output the response xml string to a variable, or a file, the resulting xml is invalid. The problem is that first, SSIS wraps the entire xml string in a "<string>" tag, then it escapes the "<" and ">" characters. Here is a snippit of the output: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?> <string> &lt;SOAP-ENV:Body xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"&gt; ... &lt;/SOAP-ENV:Body&gt; </string> I have trapped and saved the response from the web service method, and it is passing valid XML to callers. I've even explicitly set the web method output to a valid xml string, so I could be absolutely sure of what's being passed back to the calling application. Also, the WSDL "headers" are exactly the same as well. I know I could create a script task, and replace the escaped characters, but not only does that add a ton of extra processing, there's no reason why I should HAVE to perform string replacement, when I know I've created another package that correctly handles web service xml data. Any ideas? Any and all help, greatly appreciated. Thanks. Tony

I Figured out the problem. I was passing the xml from the web service as a string (which is something you should not do). DOH! I changed the web method to return an xmldocument, loaded the well-formed xml string into THAT, and passed it back to the calling app (SSIS in this case). XML is now perfectly formed in SSIS. Tony

Hi Tony, I am facing the same problem by using SSIS 2005, I don't know how to change the web method to return an xmldocument.