Yep - it has to be escaped out (as it were). You can also cheat and replace & with +
A great tool to determine if your XML is valid before throwing it into a parser is to just open it up in IE. It'll try to color-code and style your XML out, in doing so - it'll display any standard XML errors such as the &. /David. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nancy E. Anthracite Sent: Monday, December 13, 2004 5:47 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] XML Parsing problem I got this from 1/2 the way down this page http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=130932&redir=1 See if this works: & or &#38; On Monday 13 December 2004 04:49 pm, Kevin Toppenberg wrote: > I've come across a problem an XML using the MXMLDOM > module. > > The erroneous line is like this: > > <Field id="Type">Physician Assistants & Advanced > Practice Nuring</Field> > > The problem is the "&" character (I believe). The XML > parser sees this as a control character. I can't > reword the phrase, because I am matching for an entry > in the PERSON CLASS file that has this charcter in it. > > I think what is supposed to happen is that control > characters are put in some other way. > > Does anyone know how to do this? And will the parser > convert the code back into the above format when I > query to document, or will I need to do this manually? > > thanks > Kevin > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - Easier than ever with enhanced search. Learn more. > http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members -- Nancy Anthracite ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
