RE: Make safe XML

> Hello,
> 
> I have a database that I'd like to persist to XML.  I'm going 

what database ? if u are using ADO and MSXML4 maybe u are using SQL, which has many useful methods for generating xml from normal SQL data.

> to use XSLT to
> insure that the data in each of the fields is suited for XML. 
>  Since I have
> complete control over this data, should I:
 
> a)  use XSLT to encode special characters

huh ? not sure what u are talking about here, XSLT the language, does little in the way of encoding special characters, though you can control the encoding of the result ( output ) of the transformation using the xsl:output statement

> b)  just throw all data into CDATA nodes?

ummmm, I always suggest to try and avoid CDATA at all costs, basically you are then hiding data.....

your questions are leading me to believe that u might be having issues with XML reserved characters like &, <, and >.....

might want to have a look over at http://www.perfectxml.com/ and http://www.topxml.com .

more info = more help

gl, jim fuller
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