How to solve Ampersand (&) issue in XML?

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Hi All,
I am creating XML file using XMLDocument, but when XML node get '&' as data, it converting in "Ampersand(&)amp;" but i need actual value that is '&', Can anyone please tell me how can I achieve it?

Posted 2-Jul-13 2:53am

prashant khadatkar

Updated 2-Jul-13 3:18am

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Richard MacCutchan 2-Jul-13 9:25am

OK, I see what you are saying; so you need to follow the rules for XML, which means interpreting the control characters, as shown in the link I gave you.

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Sudhakar Shinde · Answer 1 · 2013-07-02T03:03:00

Solution 2

To include the XML reserved character & you must encode them as hexadecimal character reference. For & its hexadecimal reference is

&#x26;

Please refer https://support.google.com/checkout/sell/answer/70649?hl=en[^] for more information on encoding special character in XML.

Posted 2-Jul-13 3:03am

Sudhakar Shinde

Updated 2-Jul-13 3:04am

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prashant khadatkar 2-Jul-13 9:16am

Thanks for replying, I have used it but not working.

Prasad Khandekar 2-Jul-13 10:08am

Nope, It's not correct. The & symbol gets encoded as &

Richard MacCutchan · Answer 2 · 2013-07-02T02:59:00

Solution 1

See http://www.w3schools.com/xml/xml_syntax.asp[^].

Posted 2-Jul-13 2:59am

Richard MacCutchan