System.Xml.XmlDocument with (x)html entities

[peuramaki]

Hello all,

I'm having a bit of a problem with System.Xml.XmlDocument. The scenario
is as follows:

I receive a dataset containing some data fetched from database. I can
retrieve a string containing the data with Dataset.GetXml method.
Inside the xml document, in a datatable field, I have an xhtml document
that may contain xhtml entities (for example   or '). When I
do a XmlDocument.LoadXml, these xhtml entities crash the LoadXml
method.

I've tried looking into the XmlResolver class, but haven't found a way
to get it to work with XmlDocument. Anyone?
TIA,

Sdr

[Oleg Tkachenko [MVP]]

pe*******@gmail.com wrote:

I'm having a bit of a problem with System.Xml.XmlDocument. The scenario
is as follows:

I receive a dataset containing some data fetched from database. I can
retrieve a string containing the data with Dataset.GetXml method.
Inside the xml document, in a datatable field, I have an xhtml document
that may contain xhtml entities (for example   or '). When I
do a XmlDocument.LoadXml, these xhtml entities crash the LoadXml
method.

You can make your XML well-formed by adding a DOCTYPE to (X)HTML DTD
containing entity definitions -
http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml-modulariz...acter_Entities

--
Oleg Tkachenko [XML MVP, MCPD]
http://blog.tkachenko.com | http://www.XmlLab.Net | http://www.XLinq.Net

[peuramaki]

Thanks for your answer Oleg,

this will not solve my problem. Due to a number of reasons, and can't
add doctype definitions to the actual xml document. I receive a
System.Data.DataSet from DAL layer, and have to take this for granted.
I suppose the actual question here is how to do the exact same thing
programatically.

Sdr

[peuramaki]

Hello all,

I managed to find a solution. I found a good code example at Scott
Willeke's blog
(http://blogs.pingpoet.com/overflow/a...05/07/20.aspx). Looking
at the solution, no wonder I couldn't figure this one out right away.
Scott, if you're reading this, keep up the good work.

Sdr