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Yes, special characters such as & and < must be escaped if they appear in text, so that they are not treated as markup. You are doing the right thing. Michael Kay > -----Original Message----- > From: shishir.srivastava@xxxxxxxxx > [mailto:shishir.srivastava@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: 21 May 2004 11:43 > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Invalid character reference while parsing > > Hi All, > I create a text node in an xml document which might contain > characters like > "&" and <(angle brackets) to say atleast. > Now when this is parsed by xslt parser it throws an error saying > > "could not parse input XML document > SAX Exception > Invalid character in reference" > > what i did -- > at the time of generation of node ,i look for "&" and "angle > brackets" in > data and replace these characters. > then it works fine. > > but i really want to know is this the best method to achieve this? > or we have any better practice? > > I am using XML4J, as XML processor, and LotusXSL as xslt parser. > > Thanks & Regards > ___________________________ > Shishir Srivastava > > > > > > > > ***************************************************************** > The addressee's email address has changed to > firstname.lastname@ sgcib.com. You may want to update your > personal address book. Please see http://www.sgcib.com for more > information. > > This message and any attachments (the "message") are confidential > and intended solely for the addressee(s). Any unauthorised use or > dissemination is prohibited.E-mails are susceptible to alteration. > Neither SOCIETE GENERALE nor any of its subsidiaries or affiliates > shall be liable for the message if altered, changed or falsified. > *****************************************************************
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