&'s are only excepted in xml (and therefore in xsl) when placed in a
<![CDATA[ ]]> section.

Good luck,
Agnes

----- Original Message -----
From: "James Knight" <James.Knight@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <XSL-List@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 3:50 PM
Subject:  Keeping "&" in xml data when parsed


> I've been searching in the archives, but with no luck on this one:
>
> My database is pulling out a company name, "A & B", and writing it into an
> xml file.
> When I try to parse the xml through a stylesheet, I get a complaint that
> the entity name must follow the ampersand immediately, i.e. the parser
> thinks it's a mis-typed entity.
>
> Bearing in mind that I don't have access to the database, is there any way
> to  warn the stylesheet not to attempt to translate the ampersand?
>
>
> Thanks for your help.
> James
>
>
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>


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