Use of & in content of XML document

[bostonrose]

I am very new to XML and have to create a once every three year document for the state. I have created it, but the content of one of my elements is a name of a company and includes the character & like "Harry & David". When I parse this in IE, I get an error. What is the alternative - is there something I need to do around the "&" sign so it will not get a parsing error and be considered valid XML? Thanks, Bostonrose

 

[MrTom]

change it to &

 

[MrTom]

doh! it escaped it!

view source on the document and look at the <title> of the html.

 

[Tarwn]

Here we go, how about &amp;amp;amp;
if that doesn't work, try &amp;_a_m_p_; without underscores
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[bostonrose]

Thanks everyone for trying, I tried what you suggested with no luck. Perhaps I didn't explain myself correctly since I don't know much about xml. I have file with .xml for it's extension and in there I have the following:
<AgencyName>H.O. Perry & Son</AgencyName> and it gives me an error on the &. I guess I could change the & to &quot;and&quot; as a last resort. Thanks, again. Bostonrose

 

[Tarwn]

Just change it to the &amp;amp;. This is an escape sequence that should process as an &amp; and stop causing you problems.
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[bostonrose]

Thanks Tarwn, I did used &quot;&amp;&quot; after I finally understood what everyone was saying, and as you say, it worked great. Thanks for the help. When I saw it on the post it converted to a & sign of course, so I was a little confused. Bostonrose

 

[Tarwn]

Don't thank me, I just clarified what everyone else was saying, after adding to the general confusion
Several other beat me to the post with this one
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