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> From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of James Knight > Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 3:51 PM > To: XSL-List@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Keeping "&" in xml data when parsed > > > I've been searching in the archives, but with no luck on this one: > > My database is pulling out a company name, "A & B", and writing > it into an > xml file. Then it isn't an XML file. > When I try to parse the xml through a stylesheet, I get a complaint that > the entity name must follow the ampersand immediately, i.e. the parser > thinks it's a mis-typed entity. > > Bearing in mind that I don't have access to the database, is > there any way > to warn the stylesheet not to attempt to translate the ampersand? No, the stylesheet won't even see the "&" -- it's rejected by the XML parser. The fix is to produce correct XML (here: to replace "&" by "&"). XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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