You may like to try: <description><![CDATA[#post#]]></description>
However, the xmlformat will definately be cleaning up any invalid xml characters; are you using it in the title, etc? Perhaps it could be an encoding issue. Dominic 2009/6/26 bill turner <[email protected]>: > > <description>#xmlFormat(post)#</description> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:323975 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4

