XML 'CDATA' Error

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December 6th, 2010, 07:26 AM

shariqnitt

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XML 'CDATA' Error

Hi folk,
I m new to XML,
I tried making XML and got error in initial stage because of non-ascii char.
I searched on web and find CDATA to hide the data from parsing.
but this also dont help for me and I am not able to make the XML works.

below is my XML which creates the problem.

XML Code:

Original - XML Code

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<add>
<doc>
<field name="postid">342</field>
<field name="userid">501</field>
<field name="bucketid">3</field>
<field name="title"><![CDATA[Flirting with Apple ]]></field>
<field name="description"><![CDATA[As the title suggest, I'm kicking around the idea of purchasing an Apple computer.  �  Models in the  the 13" MacBook Air, and the Mac Mini.  .  �  There are some issues I do have. The whole internal battery high tech, but still....  �  Anyways, I'd appreciate any feedback/comments on which way I should go. Thanks!  �  �  �  �  �  � ]]></field>
</doc>
</add>

Please help.

Thanks is advance

December 6th, 2010, 04:25 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by shariqnitt

CDATA to hide the data from parsing.

That's not quite what it does. There's two phases to "parsing" XML, if you will: 1) reading the characters, and 2) parsing it. A CDATA will only prevent #2 from happening (and even then, not all parsing); you still have to pass #1.

Set an encoding for your XML.

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="???"?>

The encoding can be whatever you want - popular choices are UTF-8 ("utf-8") and ISO 8859-1 ("iso-8859-1").
Once you've picked one, make sure everything in your XML is in that encoding.

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December 7th, 2010, 06:14 AM

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at first look at your editor which generated the xml file
which encoding the editor used.

with decodeunicode
search your sign
example Euro sign €

then use in xml file

Code:

<field name="euro">The Euro Sign &#x20AC;</field>

after &# used a small x to say is a hex number
so euro sign is display

Code:

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='unicode' ?>
<root>
  <item>The Euro Sign €</item>
</root>

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XML 'CDATA' Error

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