Backslash "\" is being added to XML Attributes, Is there a way to get rid off it?

[Pete]

I have not encountering this problem 'till I got VS.NET 2003. Check my xml
below how the backlash is added. I tried all possible ways to replace it but
nothing happens. Any help will greatly appreciated.

<SESSION_INFO_ID ID=\"434674640\">
<TEL_NBR VALUE=\"2532668900\">
<PRODUCT hcid=\"1600\"></PRODUCT>
<PRODUCT hcid=\"1700\"></PRODUCT>
</TEL_NBR>
</SESSION_INFO_ID>

[Oleg Tkachenko [MVP]]

Pete wrote:

I have not encountering this problem 'till I got VS.NET 2003. Check my xml
below how the backlash is added. I tried all possible ways to replace it but
nothing happens. Any help will greatly appreciated.

<SESSION_INFO_ID ID=\"434674640\">
<TEL_NBR VALUE=\"2532668900\">
<PRODUCT hcid=\"1600\"></PRODUCT>
<PRODUCT hcid=\"1700\"></PRODUCT>
</TEL_NBR>
</SESSION_INFO_ID>

Most likely that's visual effect produced by Visual Studio. It's
property inspector and debugging windows "feature".

--
Oleg Tkachenko [XML MVP]
http://blog.tkachenko.com

[Pete]

As I said below I never encounter this in previous version. I used this xml
to pass to my stored procedure and due to that character it breaks the sp.

Here is the code snipet how I build the xml

StringWriter strWriter = new StringWriter();
XmlTextWriter writer = new XmlTextWriter(strWriter);

writer.WriteAttributeString("session_info_id", "434674640");

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Pete wrote:

I have not encountering this problem 'till I got VS.NET 2003. Check my xml below how the backlash is added. I tried all possible ways to replace it but nothing happens. Any help will greatly appreciated.

<SESSION_INFO_ID ID=\"434674640\">
<TEL_NBR VALUE=\"2532668900\">
<PRODUCT hcid=\"1600\"></PRODUCT>
<PRODUCT hcid=\"1700\"></PRODUCT>
</TEL_NBR>
</SESSION_INFO_ID>

Most likely that's visual effect produced by Visual Studio. It's
property inspector and debugging windows "feature".

--
Oleg Tkachenko [XML MVP]
http://blog.tkachenko.com

[Oleg Tkachenko [MVP]]

Pete wrote:

As I said below I never encounter this in previous version. I used this xml
to pass to my stored procedure and due to that character it breaks the sp.

Here is the code snipet how I build the xml

StringWriter strWriter = new StringWriter();
XmlTextWriter writer = new XmlTextWriter(strWriter);

writer.WriteAttributeString("session_info_id", "434674640");

I don't believe this code produces that XML with slashes. As I said most
likely that's visual effect - there are no slashes in XML, but Visual
Studio .NET has a "feature" of showing slashes before quotes in property
inspector and debug windows.
Make sure there are really those slashes in XML - output it to console
or file.

--
Oleg Tkachenko [XML MVP]
http://blog.tkachenko.com

[Pete]

I don't want to argue with you but have you tried that class and writing
attributes?

Even my xsl transformation wouldn't recognize this crap.

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Pete wrote:

As I said below I never encounter this in previous version. I used this xml to pass to my stored procedure and due to that character it breaks the sp.
Here is the code snipet how I build the xml

StringWriter strWriter = new StringWriter();
XmlTextWriter writer = new XmlTextWriter(strWriter);

writer.WriteAttributeString("session_info_id", "434674640");

I don't believe this code produces that XML with slashes. As I said most
likely that's visual effect - there are no slashes in XML, but Visual
Studio .NET has a "feature" of showing slashes before quotes in property
inspector and debug windows.
Make sure there are really those slashes in XML - output it to console
or file.

--
Oleg Tkachenko [XML MVP]
http://blog.tkachenko.com

[Oleg Tkachenko [MVP]]

Pete wrote:

I don't want to argue with you but have you tried that class and writing
attributes?
Well, have I tried XmlTextWriter? Sure :) It writes wellformed XML with
no backslashes whatsoever. It's a class from System.Xml namespace, you
can trust it.
Provide more info, may be reproducible sample etc. Should be some silly
error somewhere.
Even my xsl transformation wouldn't recognize this crap.

What do you mean exactly? Any exceptions?

--
Oleg Tkachenko [XML MVP]
http://blog.tkachenko.com

[Pete]

Put this in your aspx.
StringWriter strWriter = new StringWriter();

XmlTextWriter writer = new XmlTextWriter(strWriter);

writer.WriteStartElement("SESSION_INFO_ID");

writer.WriteStartElement("TEL_NBR");

writer.WriteAttributeString("VALUE=","4258009000"

writer.WriteAttributeString("EXTN=","9000");

writer.WriteAttributeString("NAME=","Oleg Tkachenko XML MVP")

writer.WriteEndElement();

writer.WriteEndElement();

string input = strWriter.ToString();

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Pete wrote:

I don't want to argue with you but have you tried that class and writing
attributes?

Well, have I tried XmlTextWriter? Sure :) It writes wellformed XML with
no backslashes whatsoever. It's a class from System.Xml namespace, you
can trust it.
Provide more info, may be reproducible sample etc. Should be some silly
error somewhere.

Even my xsl transformation wouldn't recognize this crap.

What do you mean exactly? Any exceptions?

--
Oleg Tkachenko [XML MVP]
http://blog.tkachenko.com

[Oleg Tkachenko [MVP]]

Pete wrote:

Put this in your aspx.
Here is the result:

<SESSION_INFO_ID><TEL_NBR VALUE=="4258009000" EXTN=="9000" NAME=="Oleg
Tkachenko XML MVP" /></SESSION_INFO_ID>

No backslashes. Well, those == is definitely not well-formed. That's
known limitation of XmlTextWriter - it doesn't check names for validity.
See
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en...asp?frame=true
writer.WriteAttributeString("EXTN=","9000");
This is obviously wrong. First argument of WriteAttributeString is "The
local name of the attribute". Use
writer.WriteAttributeString("EXTN","9000");
writer.WriteEndElement();

Here you better close XmlTextWriter to flush the content:

writer.Close();
--
Oleg Tkachenko [XML MVP]
http://blog.tkachenko.com

[Pete]

Thanks!!

I run a profiler and the xml passes to the sp doesn't have backslashes. You
were right it was just a visual effect.

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Pete wrote:

Put this in your aspx.
Here is the result:

<SESSION_INFO_ID><TEL_NBR VALUE=="4258009000" EXTN=="9000" NAME=="Oleg
Tkachenko XML MVP" /></SESSION_INFO_ID>

No backslashes. Well, those == is definitely not well-formed. That's
known limitation of XmlTextWriter - it doesn't check names for validity.
See

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en...omizedxmlwrite
rcreation.asp?frame=true

writer.WriteAttributeString("EXTN=","9000");

This is obviously wrong. First argument of WriteAttributeString is "The
local name of the attribute". Use
writer.WriteAttributeString("EXTN","9000");

writer.WriteEndElement();

Here you better close XmlTextWriter to flush the content:

writer.Close();
--
Oleg Tkachenko [XML MVP]
http://blog.tkachenko.com