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   Re: [xml-dev] The '&' Problem

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  • To: asim <qazi@advcomm.net>
  • Subject: Re: [xml-dev] The '&' Problem
  • From: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
  • Date: Sat, 01 Nov 2003 09:47:33 +0100
  • Cc: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
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asim wrote:

> Hi All
>     I querry a database table and make a XML packet dont know which 
> field can contain '&' .. what should i do so that my parser should not 
> break will parsing ....
>  
> Qazi Asim

Escape it as "&amp;". And do not forger "<" ("&lt;") and possible issues 
with non-ASCII characters in case you're not using ASCII.

Julian

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