Re: Repost: ampersand in data

["Rick Geimer" <Rick.Geimer@xxxxxxx>]

The XML is not valid, so XSLT will not be able to process it. The
program that extracts the data from Oracle has a bug that needs to be
fixed. 

Rick Geimer
National Semiconductor
rick.geimer@xxxxxxx

John Gethoefer wrote:
> 
> Actually, I am trying to do this with XSLT and not have to touch the XML
> doc.
> 
> The XML is a result of data retrieval from an Oracle database with
> entries that contain '&' in them.
> Rather than process an ereg replace on all of the database results, I
> would like to catch it with XSLT.
> 
> Is this possible or is the only way to do this by replacing '&' with
> & or { ?
> 
> -John "avoiding extraneous code" Gethoefer
> 
> Carlos Araya wrote:
> 
> > John:
> >
> >         Try something like:
> >
> > <Name>Jack &amp; Jill</Name>
> >
> >         That should work, you may want to also take a look at the
> > entities
> > supported in XML.
> >
> > Carlos
> 
> John Gethoefer wrote:
> 
> > I am trying to transform XML data such as follows:
> >
> > <Name>Jack & Jill</Name>
> >
> > however when I use <xsl:value-of "Name"/> it breaks.
> >
> > Is there a way to transform data that includes "&" using XSLT?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > -John
> >
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> 
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