Returning CDATA using XQuery in ALSB

Question

I would like to know how to pass CDATA section using XQuery in ALSB. This is required as the client application wants certain data with XML tags as string. I used the following:
<web:getFlightDetails xmlns:web="http://webservices.ods.mwcoe.united.com">
<web:getFlightDetailsResponse>
<XMLBODY>
{ fn:concat("<![CDATA[" ),  " ") }
{ $body/FML32/* }
{ fn:concat(("]]>"), " ") }
</XMLBODY>
</web:getFlightDetailsResponse>
</web:getFlightDetails>
But I get the following response:
<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
<soapenv:Header/>
<soapenv:Body>
<web:getFlightDetails xmlns:web="http://webservices.ods.mwcoe.united.com">
<web:getFlightDetailsResponse>
<XMLBODY>
" & l t ; " ![CDATA[
<STATDES>N/A</STATDES>
<BAGFIN>-1</BAGFIN>
<INBLK>2007-10-23 07:33:00</INBLK>
<FLTDETORIG>SFO</FLTDETORIG>
]] "& g t ;"
</XMLBODY>
</web:getFlightDetailsResponse>
</web:getFlightDetails>
</soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>
Basically the question is how do I pass < & > and not " & l t ;" and " & g t ;". Please space padding is done on purpose here.
Thanks,
Channu Kambalyal
United Airlines.

Answer 1

here we get it done using instead of
{ fn:concat("<![CDATA[" ), " ") }
{ $body/node() }
{ fn:concat(("]]>"), " ") }
this:
{ fn:concat("<![CDATA[" ), $body/node(), "]]>") }
getting a correct response
ex:
<XMLBODY>
<![CDATA[
<STATDES>N/A</STATDES>
]]>
</XMLBODY>
but, if there's any namespace on the variable node, we get all replace by <
ex:
<XMLBODY>
" & l t ; " ![CDATA[
& l t ; a:STATDES xmlns:a="http://localhost/a">N/A & l t ; /a:STATDES>
]] "& g t ;"
</XMLBODY>
do anybody have any idea why this happens?