I am trying to send a value like <Somevalue = "Value A/B"> through XML.As "/" comes under illegal character,I tired to encode like ⁄ for slash but it is not working.Is there anyway to do the same?
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"/" isn't an illegal character in XML at all. It may be illegal for the particular service you're using, however.
Could you give more context? I strongly suspect this isn't really an XML question, but a service-specific question. I suspect if you look at the error message you're getting, it will talk about invalid values rather than illegal XML. (If you could post that error message in full, it would be helpful too.)
Jon Skeet
2009-08-07 08:39:47
Illegal Characters: _*%?:;=()[]/\|#." ErrorCode="1206" - This is the message I am getting while sending the above value.
Pavan
2009-08-07 08:43:20
@Pavan: This pretty much proves Jon's point.
Tomalak
2009-08-07 09:07:14
But your list of Illegal Characters above does not include a forward slash ... so your problem lies elsewhere.
DilbertDave
2009-08-07 09:21:54
@DilbertDave: It does, just after ] - it's forward and backward slashes, not a caret :)
Jon Skeet
2009-08-07 10:36:06
Oh yeah - "Should have gone to Spec Savers" ;-)
DilbertDave
2009-08-07 12:51:23
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Forwardslash isn't a special character in XML. The snipped you posted is well-formed. What's saying it's illegal?
You could try using / (2F being the hex for the ASCII character code for the forwardslash character).
Iain Galloway
2009-08-07 08:40:14
I am getting the same error,after using / also.If I remove the slash,it works fine.
Pavan
2009-08-07 08:46:47
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The xml sample you have given there is not valid, irrespective of the slash (which is valid)
I'm guessing it should either be something like
<Somevalue>Value A/B</Somevalue>
OR
<Somevalue value="Value A/B"/>
In any case - until you fix your xml, it won't work.
Rob Levine
2009-08-07 08:42:26
Well spotted - maybe the 'Illegal Character' is actually relating to invalid syntax, i.e. an equals sign where an attribute name should be.
DilbertDave
2009-08-07 08:47:28
You are right,but I just gave some example.The XML is working fine without slash.If I include slash I am getting Illegal Characters messages.The same value I can enter through front end without any problem.
Pavan
2009-08-07 08:47:58
"Just giving some example" which doesn't actually represent what you're doing isn't terribly useful. @DilbertDave is exactly right - you need to give a *real* example. You also still haven't said what you're doing with this XML.
Jon Skeet
2009-08-07 10:37:11
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Hi everybody,looks like this is a problem in the application where the XML value is being sent.Thanks for your help.
Pavan
2009-08-07 13:19:53