XMLTextReader - Issue with sepcial characters &,<,>

[RJN]

Hi

I'm using XMLTextReader to parse the contents of XML. I have issues when
the xml content itself has some special characters like & ,> etc.

<CompanyName>Johnson & Jhonson</CompanyName>
<EmployeeStrength>> 1000</EmployeeStrength>

When I do a Xmltextreader.read() and then check the contents of the xml
node by XmltextReader.ReadString(), I get an exception when I have
special characters. How do I handle this?

Thanks

rjn

 

[Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook]]

RJN,
XMLTextReader only reads "well formed" XML!

| <CompanyName>Johnson & Jhonson</CompanyName>
Is not "well formed" XML...

Change the above to:
<CompanyName>Johnson &amp; Jhonson</CompanyName>

Remember in XML that '&' is "&amp;" while '<' is "&lt;" and '>' is "&gt;".
See "2.4 Character Data and Markup" at
http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-xml-20040204/

Hope this helps
Jay


| Hi
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| I'm using XMLTextReader to parse the contents of XML. I have issues when
| the xml content itself has some special characters like & ,> etc.
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| <CompanyName>Johnson & Jhonson</CompanyName>
| <EmployeeStrength>> 1000</EmployeeStrength>
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| When I do a Xmltextreader.read() and then check the contents of the xml
| node by XmltextReader.ReadString(), I get an exception when I have
| special characters. How do I handle this?
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| Thanks
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| rjn
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