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in PCDATA only &lt;&gt;&nbsp;and &amp;&nbsp;should be escaped.<br />
All the other data needs to be conforming the encoding<br />
so having a single byte encode 'é' in a UTF-8 is not allowed<br />
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some binary characters are not allowed as welll: NUL, BELL, ....<br />
if you are pushing binary data in your XML, you would better check the XML specification<br />
<a href="http://www.xml.com/axml/testaxml.htm" rel="ugc">http://www.xml.com/axml/testaxml.htm</a><br />
for allowed characters
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in PCDATA only <> and & should be escaped.
All the other data needs to be conforming the encoding
so having a single byte encode 'é' in a UTF-8 is not allowed

some binary characters are not allowed as welll: NUL, BELL, ....
if you are pushing binary data in your XML, you would better check the XML specification
http://www.xml.com/axml/testaxml.htm [http://www.xml.com/axml/testaxml.htm]
for allowed characters

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The data is wrapped in CDATA. The $MM56A:$F603 section is actual text, not binary. Just need to ensure that it is not being misinterprited as another character set. We are importing under XML 1.0 but the database is not UNICODE, single byte characters only.<br />
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Thanks!
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The data is wrapped in CDATA. The $MM56A:$F603 section is actual text, not binary. Just need to ensure that it is not being misinterprited as another character set. We are importing under XML 1.0 but the database is not UNICODE, single byte characters only.

Thanks!

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Are there any characters that should be avoided (besides the &nbsp;&lt; &gt;&nbsp;&amp; &quot;&nbsp;'). I am trying to process data that has sections that start with a backslash &quot;\&quot; and contain multiple dollar signs &quot;$&quot;. This data is failing the import. $MM56A:$F603 is some of the data. <br />
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Thanks!
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Are there any characters that should be avoided (besides the  < > & " '). I am trying to process data that has sections that start with a backslash "\" and contain multiple dollar signs "$". This data is failing the import. $MM56A:$F603 is some of the data. 

Thanks!

Special Characters in XML to avoid?

Extensible Markup Language (XML) refers to the encoding of documents such that they can be read by both machines and humans. XML documents use tags to show the beginning and end of a set of data. XML is used extensively on websites to show volumes of data, and is the default for a number of office productivity suites. This topic includes discussions of XML-related technologies, such as XQuery (the XML Query language), XPath (the XML Path language), XSLT (eXtensible Stylesheet Language Transformations), XLink (the XML Linking language) and XPointer (the XML Pointer language).