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weilee39 · Mar 7th, 2006, 1:06 AM

i have create an xml data, but when i update date, some time it will come the illegal character in my display. so how am i need to filter the illegal character. for example use : XMLformat, replace ...?

mackenga · Jul 13th, 2006, 4:56 PM

Not sure if this will help (I'm not exactly an XML wizard) but I know that XML parses don't like certain characters in the code and I'm guessing this has something to do with it. What I think will help you is information about entities (I think that's the term); you use sequences of characters starting with an ampersand (&) to stand in for characters that the parser otherwise chokes on. For example, you can use & (including the semicolon (

at the end) to include an ampersand without annoying the parser. I'm not sure what they all are, but a bit of googling should help.

jim mcnamara · Aug 2nd, 2006, 1:50 PM

Are you encoding UTF-8?

a thing · Aug 2nd, 2006, 7:43 PM

Huh? Speak English please.

DaWei · Aug 2nd, 2006, 9:50 PM

What if he needs help and is expressing himself in the best English he can muster in order to find it? Please express to us your history as an asset to the forum (in perfect English, of course).

Mar 7th, 2006, 1:06 AM	#1
weilee39 Newbie Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	Illegal character come out i have create an xml data, but when i update date, some time it will come the illegal character in my display. so how am i need to filter the illegal character. for example use : XMLformat, replace ...?

Jul 13th, 2006, 4:56 PM	#2
mackenga Professional Programmer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 317 Rep Power: 4	Not sure if this will help (I'm not exactly an XML wizard) but I know that XML parses don't like certain characters in the code and I'm guessing this has something to do with it. What I think will help you is information about entities (I think that's the term); you use sequences of characters starting with an ampersand (&) to stand in for characters that the parser otherwise chokes on. For example, you can use & (including the semicolon ( at the end) to include an ampersand without annoying the parser. I'm not sure what they all are, but a bit of googling should help. __________________ "I'm not a genius. Why do I have to suffer?"

Aug 2nd, 2006, 7:43 PM	#4
a thing Unverified User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: none Posts: 146 Rep Power: 0	Huh? Speak English please. __________________ Warning: My posts may change (dramatically) within the first 15 minutes they're posted. Got 'Nux?�GNU/Linux and other free software support. It's GNU/Linux, not just Linux.

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DaWei Resident Grouch Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 6,453 Rep Power: 10	What if he needs help and is expressing himself in the best English he can muster in order to find it? Please express to us your history as an asset to the forum (in perfect English, of course). __________________ Abstraction doesn't make it impossible to write bad code; it makes it possible to write superior code. Contributor's Corner: Grumpy on C++ Exceptions DaWei on Pointers

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Aug 2nd, 2006, 1:50 PM	#3
jim mcnamara Hobbyist Programmer Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: New Mexico Posts: 228 Rep Power: 4	Are you encoding UTF-8?

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