Derek, what about using disable-output-escaping="yes" in your xsl:value-of ?
Just like in: <xsl:value-of disable-output-escaping="yes" select="//sql:rowset/*[name(.)=$dbcol]"/> Anyhow, this works with SQLTransformer... no idea with ESQL. Best regards, --------------------------------------------- Luca Morandini GIS Consultant [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://utenti.tripod.it/lmorandini/index.html --------------------------------------------- > -----Original Message----- > From: Derek Hohls [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 10:34 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [c1] Using Markup Symbols from a Database Field? > > > Does anyone know how to pass through markup symbols from a a Database > Field so that they do not appear in the output [HTML] file as < but > rather function as the tags they were intended to be - e.g. so that a > database field with: > > my name <br/> your name > > appears as: > > my name > your name > > PS Am using ESQL tags to do the the database retrieval > > Thanks > Derek > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Please check that your question has not already been answered in the > FAQ before posting. <http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/faqs.html> > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please check that your question has not already been answered in the FAQ before posting. <http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/faqs.html> To unsubscribe, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>