special charcters in XML, in ASP.net???

[mittalpa]

Hi, I am trying to read an XML file using XmlDocument.LoadXml() function, in ASP.net. This xml has data which contains special characters like ampersand (&). But it fails saying "An error occurred while parsing EntityName. Line 1, position 31." How can I make this xml string valid before passing to LoadXML() function. Please advise. Thanks Pankaj Pankaj Follow your goals, Means will follow you ---Gandhi---

[Mark Smithson]

If the xml file contains these special characters, it is not valid xml. You will need to replace these characters with their escaped verions. Have a look in MSDN or on www.w3c.org for the complete list. Some I can remember are; & - & " - " < - < > - >

[Mark Smithson]

Hmm. CodeProject has rendered the escaped characters ... Try again & - & " - " < - < > - >

[mittalpa]

Thanks for the reply. Actually, I found the solution. All we need to do is add following as the first line in xml: This will take care of it. :) Pankaj Follow your goals, Means will follow you ---Gandhi---

[mittalpa]

the line is: ~~Pankaj~~ Follow your goals, Means will follow you ---Gandhi---

[J Dunlap]

Also, you can do any ASCII char: &#--; where -- is the ASCII character code for the character you want.

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