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Re: XML-SAX and ampersand

An ampersand can't stand by itself in XML because it is a special character - notice the ampersand in & - apps that consume XML expect something after the ampersand that will be one of the 4 special entities or some non-ASCII character or code, like 
, which is a newline.

I don't know if XML-SAX does the decoding you need - I know that in creating XML with CGIDEV2, that I have to use its encode() function. Probably not pertinent to your question. :)

HTH
Vern

On 10/22/2014 1:10 PM, Justin Taylor wrote:
By "the value comes in as. . .", I mean when I debug the program, the variable based on the pointer parameter in the handler shows " EXF-01 & 02". The length parameter of the handler is seven, which is right before the &amp.

But if an un-encoded ampersand isn't legal in XML, I guess I need to see about getting it eliminated. If it's encoded properly, will my handler bring it in as & or will I need to manually decode it?



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