Error 900

"Parent not open: '%1'"

Item	Description
SQLCode	-900L
Constant	EXPLICIT_TAG_NOT_OPEN
SQLState	WX008
ODBC 2 State	ERROR
ODBC 3 State	ERROR
Sybase Error Code	2566
Severity Code	16
Parameter 1	The parent tag ID that is not among the open tags.

Probable cause

FOR XML EXPLICIT requires the parent tag for a row to be opened when that row is read. Check the order of the rows returned by the query with the FOR XML EXPLICIT clause removed.