>>Hi,
>>
>>My code converts a string (field of a cursro) to an XML string and to a cursor. And if the string contains an ampersand sign (&), the process fails.
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>>This is the segment of the code:
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>>cAuditDescr = '<?xml version = "1.0" encoding="Windows-1252" standalone="yes"?><Changes>' +
>>ALLTRIM(C_POAUDIT.AUDIT_DESC) + '</Changes>'
>>XMLTOCURSOR( cAuditDescr, 'CUR_TEMP', 8192 )
>>
>>The error happens on the line XMLTOCURSOR() when the string AUDIT_DESC has an ampersand. I can pre-process the entry and either strip all occurrences of ampersand or replace it? Getting rid is pretty straight forward. But if I want to replace it, what character should be used?
>>
>>TIA
>
>Hi, Dmitry.
>
>STRTRAN(ALLTRIM(C_POAUDIT.AUDIT_DESC), "&", "&" + "amp;") would do.
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>If AUDIT_DESC is not XML to start with, you should also make sure that other characters that may break the XML ingestion are properly handled.
>
>Something like:
>
>
>STRTRAN(STRTRAN(STRTRAN(ALLTRIM(C_POAUDIT.AUDIT_DESC), "&", "&" + "amp;"), "<", "&" + "lt;"), ">", "&" + "gt;")
>
Hi Antonio,
Thank you very much!
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