Clarification to replace the & symbol to & in xml using XSL

radhakrishnanrs

Hi all,

Here, a xml file is not in proper format. I need to replace the "&" symbol to "&" under the attributes. Find below the sample xml file for glance:

<root>
<child1>
<child2 attribute1="test&test">Testing</child2>
<child1>
</root>

Let me know how to resolve this instance. I need output like -- attribute1="test&amp;test" --. I need to replace "&" symbol using the XSL.

Thanks

Nov 3 '08 #1

Dormilich

if your parser doesn't complain on the xml you can use the translate() function. but a correct working parser should give you an "undefined entity" error. in this case you have to change the & either by hand or by a script. maybe you can do something with CDATA, but I haven't used it like that yet.

regards

Nov 3 '08 #2

jkmyoung

I'd use a quick search/replace eg:
You can't use xsl that effectively with this file since it isn't really xml.

Nov 3 '08 #3