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Or enclose the text within CDATA: <select id="getNOFBidding" resultClass="int" parameterClass="string"> <![CDATA[ SELECT * FROM Sale WHERE TO_DAYS(NOW()) - TO_DAYS(SALEDATE) <= 15 ]]> </select> --- Pham Anh Tuan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I can't not type < sign in sql definition xml file, I don't know why, > plz help me solve this problem :( > > <select id="getNOFBidding" resultClass="int" parameterClass="string"> > > select COUNT(distinct ITEMID) > > from SALE > > where SALESTATUS = 0 and MAXPRICE = 1 > > and TO_DAYS(NOW()) - TO_DAYS(SALEDATE) <= 15 and TO_DAYS(NOW()) - > TO_DAYS(SALEDATE) > 0 > > and BUYERUSERID = #value# > > </select> > > report error: The content of elements must consist of well-formed > character data or markup > > Thanks for reading > > Anh Tuan >