Ampersand character encoding in generated xml

Hi,
I'm generating xml from my relational database tables using XSU. I'm having a problem where my table column contains data with the ampersand symbol as in 'Black & White'. XSU generates my xml but i can't parse the generated xml till i convert the '&' to '&'.
Is there a way to tell XSU to encode these symbols in the generated xml? I would like to avoid storing the encoded data in my relational tables like 'Black & White'.
I'm using the XDK for PL/SQL for Unix 9.2.0.3.0 on Oracle 8.1.7.3.
I would appreciate if someone could help me out with this issue.
Thanks,
Sanjit
[email protected]

I've got the same problem but not only with the & but also with strange characters like
Belgik -> k
Comiti -> i
Its something like {( returns..
Is this a bug or something?
Thanks in advance, Didier

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