'<', hexadecimal value 0x3C, is an invalid attribute character.

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Hello Everyone,

I am getting the below error

'<', hexadecimal value 0x3C, is an invalid attribute character.

I have the xml File as follows.

<COLUMN INDEX="40" NAME="Session Configuration Success Rate (< 95%)"  TYPE="INTEGER" PROPERTYNAME="Scsr95Per"></COLUMN>

I dont want to remove the < sign from the xml.If i remove , it works for me .
Please give me other option.

I am getting the error in the given line.
How to solve it ?
Please guide me.

Thanks
Harshal

Posted 11-Jun-14 0:06am

R Harshal

Updated 15-May-19 13:41pm

Richard MacCutchan

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phil.o 11-Jun-14 6:25am

< and > have a special meaning in XML; they are used to define tags.
So you cannot use them elsewhere as is, you have to escape them, as Richard told you in Solution 1.
< becomes <
> becomes >
& becomes &

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Solution 2

instead of checking for every possible combination, use special methods to encode string to html (like System.Web.HttpUtility.HtmlEncode() in .Net).

Search and change any special code it finds to HTML equiv.

System.Web.HttpUtility.HtmlEncode("x < 80") = "x < 80"

Posted 15-May-19 13:42pm

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Richard MacCutchan · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-11T00:12:00

Solution 1

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XML

<column index="40" name="Session Configuration Success Rate (&lt; 95%)" type="INTEGER" propertyname="Scsr95Per"></column>

Posted 11-Jun-14 0:12am

Richard MacCutchan

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[no name] 11-Jun-14 6:33am

I am reading the Name from excel which must be same.
In my Excel file, column name is: Session Configuration Success Rate (< 95%)
And the same Name i have paste to the xml file :Session Configuration Success Rate (< 95%).As i am not getting the error for greater than sign .I am getting error only for this statement.
Should i need to change the column name in Excel.O do you have any other option.
please let me know.
Thanks
HArshal

Richard MacCutchan 11-Jun-14 7:41am

Well, as both I and phil.o pointed out, you cannot use special characters inside XML data, so you will need to change it after you read it in. I don't know what language you are coding in, but there may be a method that will do it for you.

[no name] 12-Jun-14 10:11am

Thanks for your reply.
Thank you very Much.
Harshal

[no name] 16-Jun-14 10:05am

Thanks for your answer .
Thank you very much.
Harshal

[no name] 16-Jun-14 10:06am

Thanks you Richard and phil.

'&lt;', hexadecimal value 0x3C, is an invalid attribute character.