Illegal FOR XML EXPLICIT tag value: '%1'

Item Value
SQLCODE -897
Constant SQLE_BAD_FOR_XML_EXPLICIT_TAG
SQLSTATE WX005
Sybase error code 13584
ODBC 2 State ERROR
ODBC 3 State ERROR
Parameter 1 The illegal tag value

Probable cause 

FOR XML EXPLICIT tag values must be greater than 0 and less than 256. Also, NULL values are not allowed in the 'Tag' column.