Thanks - actually I was able to convert those back like this. The .toXMLString method didn't work - but the basic .toString() did.
var x:XML = event.result as XML; var s:String = x.XmlData.toString(); var formattedXML = new XML(s); --- In [email protected], "Tracy Spratt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What is doing that encoding? Trace the data flow to fnd out. > > > > When saving XML strings, I usually encode them using escape() before > sending, then unencode using unescape() after retreiving. This way I > can do: > > var x:XML = XML(myStringXML); //OMIT the new. XML is a function, not a > class > > > > Tracy > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of djohnson29 > Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 6:12 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [flexcoders] converting xml string containing special > characters back to regular xml > > > > I have an xml variable that I need to store in my database as a > string. So I've called .toXMLString() on the variable to turn it into > a string and it's saved in the db. > > Now when it comes to loading that stored value back into a string > variable , when I see the string representation of the xml it contains > symbols instead of the angle brackets like so: > > <MyNode> > </MyNode> > > > How do I convert this back to XML? > > I would like to so something like this: > > var x:XML = new XML(myStringXML); > > but this does not correctly format the xml or convert the angled > brackets. > > Can someone please point me in the right direction? > > Thanks! >
