Special character ( , ) in XML Path (' ')

Question

Hi ,
some times my query use the  >  or <   for few records. But XML path is not supporting these values can you please help me with this.  Below is the example for what i am working on .
create table #test (id int ,NAME varchar(50),NAME1 varchar(50),NAME2 varchar(50))
insert into #test
values( 1,NULL,'TEST1','TEST1')
,( 2, 'TEST1',NULL,'TEST12')
,( 3,'TEST2','TEST13',NULL)
,( 4,'TEST2 > ', NULL,NULL)
,( 5,NULL,'TEST15',NULL)
,( 6,NULL, NULL, 'TEST6')
,( 7,'TEST8', 'TEST9', 'TEST7')
,( 8,NULL, NULL, NULL)
WITH unpivo AS (
   SELECT id, CASE n WHEN 1 THEN NAME 
                     WHEN 2 THEN NAME1
                     WHEN 3 THEN NAME2
              END AS anyname, n
   FROM   #test
   CROSS APPLY (VALUES(1), (2), (3)) AS n(n)
SELECT t.id, CASE WHEN len(u.concat) > 4
                  THEN substring(u.concat, 1, len(u.concat) -
4)
                  ELSE ''
             END
FROM   #test t
CROSS  APPLY (SELECT u.anyname + ' AND '
              FROM   unpivo u
              WHERE  u.id = t.id
              ORDER  BY u.n
              FOR XML PATH('')) AS u(concat)
 where id = 4
 DROP TABLE #test

Answer 1

Naomi's solution should work well with:  FOR
XML PATH(''),
type).value('.','varchar(max)'))
You can concatenate the columns without using XML.
SELECT
Stuff(ISNULL(NAME +' AND ', '')+ISNULL( NAME1 +' AND ', '')+ ISNULL( NAME2+' AND ',''),
len(ISNULL(NAME +' AND ', '')+ISNULL( NAME1 +' AND ', '')+ ISNULL( NAME2+' AND ',''))-3,4,'')
--Or,
Replace(Stuff(ISNULL(NAME +'|', '')+ISNULL( NAME1 +'|', '')+ ISNULL( NAME2+'|',''),
len(ISNULL(NAME +'|', '')+ISNULL( NAME1 +'|', '')+ ISNULL( NAME2+'|','')),1,''), '|',' AND ')
--SQL Server 2012 , 2014
, ISNULL(Replace(Stuff(concat(name+'|', name1+'|',name2+'|' ), Len(concat(name+'|', name1+'|',name2+'|' )),1,''), '|',' AND '),'') from #test