Unescape chars in xml

I'm trying to load an xml file which has charachters such as
speechmarks, ".
When I use {ds::name} in my html, instead of producing output
like -> "text", I actually get \"text\".
Is there any easy way around this?
Thanks

Are you using CDATA blocks around these nodes?
http://www.w3schools.com/xml/xml_cdata.asp

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record_id,
ext_fname FILLER CHAR(200),
xml LOBFILE(ext_fname) TERMINATED BY EOF,
comments
6. sqlldr <username>/<password>@<database> control=my_xml_test.ctl data=20120112_11g_bad_xml_issue.txt log=20120112_11g_bad_xml_issue.log bad=20120112_11g_bad_xml_issue.bad
7. Once the data is loaded, query my_xml_test table that you created in step 1. You should get the 27163 error:
SELECT a.record_id,
comments,
a.XML,
length(a.XML.GetClobVal()) clob_length
FROM my_xml_test a

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<IRData application="Item Review" version="1.3" itempool="2006001" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
     <ViewerTypes>
          <Viewer id="its-viewer">
               <Title>Item Text</Title>
               <Description>Item Text</Description>
               <BaseUrl>https://www.starttest.com/flex/4.3.0.0/InstitutionViewItem.aspx</BaseUrl>
               <Parameters>
                    <Parameter name="pid" value="MSST"/>
                    <Parameter name="iid" value="01123"/>
                    <Parameter name="username" value="SomeUser"/>
                    <Parameter name="item" value="${item.id}"/>
                    <Parameter name="code" value="${CODE}"/>
               </Parameters>
          </Viewer>
     </ViewerTypes>
     <Filters>
          <Filter id="drop-single-filter">
               <AttributeSource>drop</AttributeSource>
               <ControlType>select-1-drop-down-plus-all</ControlType>
          </Filter>
          <Filter id="onoff-single-filter">
               <AttributeSource>onoff</AttributeSource>
               <ControlType>select-1-drop-down-plus-all</ControlType>
          </Filter>
          <Filter id="reviewed-single-filter">
               <AttributeSource>reviewed</AttributeSource>
               <ControlType>select-1-drop-down-plus-all</ControlType>
          </Filter>
          <Filter id="build-multi-filter">
               <AttributeSource>build</AttributeSource>
               <ControlType>select-1-drop-down-plus-all</ControlType>
          </Filter>
          <Filter id="flag-multi-filter">
               <AttributeSource>flag</AttributeSource>
               <ControlType>select-1-drop-down-plus-all</ControlType>
          </Filter>
          <Filter id="u1dt-multi-filter">
               <AttributeSource>U1DT</AttributeSource>
               <ControlType>select-1-drop-down-plus-all</ControlType>
          </Filter>
          <Filter id="fb2-multi-filter">
               <AttributeSource>FB2</AttributeSource>
               <ControlType>select-1-drop-down-plus-all</ControlType>
          </Filter>
          <Filter id="fb1t-multi-filter">
               <AttributeSource>FB1T</AttributeSource>
               <ControlType>select-1-drop-down-plus-all</ControlType>
          </Filter>
          <Filter id="scorecat-multi-filter">
               <AttributeSource>scorecat</AttributeSource>
               <ControlType>select-1-drop-down-plus-all</ControlType>
          </Filter>
          <Filter id="images-multi-filter">
               <AttributeSource>PIXN</AttributeSource>
               <ControlType>select-1-drop-down-plus-all</ControlType>
          </Filter>
          <Filter id="vignettes-multi-filter">
               <AttributeSource>VIG1</AttributeSource>
               <ControlType>select-1-drop-down-plus-all</ControlType>
          </Filter>
     </Filters>
     <DataPanels>
          <Control displayed="true">
               <Filters>
                    <Filter>
                         <Description>Drop</Description>
                         <FilterSource>drop-single-filter</FilterSource>
                    </Filter>
                    <Filter>
                         <Description>Version</Description>
                         <FilterSource>build-multi-filter</FilterSource>
                    </Filter>
                    <Filter>
                         <Description>On/Off Test</Description>
                         <FilterSource>onoff-single-filter</FilterSource>
                    </Filter>
                    <Filter>
                         <Description>Review status</Description>
                         <FilterSource>reviewed-single-filter</FilterSource>
                    </Filter>
                    <Filter>
                         <Description>Flag</Description>
                         <FilterSource>flag-multi-filter</FilterSource>
                    </Filter>
                    <Filter>
                         <Description>Discipline</Description>
                         <FilterSource>fb1t-multi-filter</FilterSource>
                    </Filter>
                    <Filter>
                         <Description>Organ System</Description>
                         <FilterSource>u1dt-multi-filter</FilterSource>
                    </Filter>
                    <Filter>
                         <Description>Step 1 outline</Description>
                         <FilterSource>fb2-multi-filter</FilterSource>
                    </Filter>
                    <Filter>
                         <Description>Images</Description>
                         <FilterSource>images-multi-filter</FilterSource>
                    </Filter>
                    <Filter>
                         <Description>Vignettes</Description>
                         <FilterSource>vignettes-multi-filter</FilterSource>
                    </Filter>
                    <Filter>
                         <Description>Score categories</Description>
                         <FilterSource>scorecat-multi-filter</FilterSource>
                    </Filter>
               </Filters>
          </Control>
          <ItemList displayed="true">
               <Attributes>
                    <Attribute displayed="true">
                         <Description>Item</Description>
                         <AttributeSource>itemref</AttributeSource>
                         <ControlType>text-display</ControlType>
                    </Attribute>
                    <Attribute displayed="true">
                         <Description>On test</Description>
                         <AttributeSource>onoff</AttributeSource>
                         <ControlType>checkbox-select</ControlType>
                    </Attribute>
                    <Attribute displayed="true">
                         <Description>Drop</Description>
                         <AttributeSource>drop</AttributeSource>
                         <ControlType>checkbox-select</ControlType>
                    </Attribute>
                    <Attribute displayed="true">
                         <Description>Reviewed</Description>
                         <AttributeSource>reviewed</AttributeSource>
                         <ControlType>check-display</ControlType>
                    </Attribute>
                    <Attribute displayed="true">
                         <Description>Flag</Description>
                         <AttributeSource>flag</AttributeSource>
                         <ControlType>select-1-drop-down</ControlType>
                    </Attribute>
                    <Attribute displayed="true">
                         <Description>Description</Description>
                         <AttributeSource>DESCR</AttributeSource>
                         <ControlType>text-display</ControlType>
                    </Attribute>
                    <Attribute displayed="true">
                         <Description>Discipline</Description>
                         <AttributeSource>FB1T</AttributeSource>
                         <ControlType>text-display</ControlType>
                    </Attribute>
                    <Attribute displayed="true">
                         <Description>Organ System</Description>
                         <AttributeSource>U1DT</AttributeSource>
                         <ControlType>text-display</ControlType>
                    </Attribute>
                    <Attribute displayed="true">
                         <Description>Step 1 outline</Description>
                         <AttributeSource>FB2</AttributeSource>
                         <ControlType>text-display</ControlType>
                    </Attribute>
                    
                    <Attribute displayed="true">
                         <Description>Images</Description>
                         <AttributeSource>PIXN</AttributeSource>
                         <ControlType>text-display</ControlType>
                    </Attribute>
                    <Attribute displayed="true">
                         <Description>Vignettes</Description>
                         <AttributeSource>VIG1</AttributeSource>
                         <ControlType>text-display</ControlType>
                    </Attribute>
                    <Attribute displayed="true">
                         <Description>Diff</Description>
                         <AttributeSource>pvalue</AttributeSource>
                         <ControlType>text-display</ControlType>
                    </Attribute>
                    <Attribute displayed="true">
                         <Description>Discr</Description>
                         <AttributeSource>rbvalue</AttributeSource>
                         <ControlType>text-display</ControlType>
                    </Attribute>
                    <Attribute displayed="true">
                         <Description>Answer Key</Description>
                         <AttributeSource>key</AttributeSource>
                         <ControlType>text-display</ControlType>
                    </Attribute>
                    <Attribute displayed="true">
                         <Description>Notes</Description>
                         <AttributeSource>notes</AttributeSource>
                         <ControlType>text-display</ControlType>
                    </Attribute>
               </Attributes>
          </ItemList>
          <CurrentItemInfo>
               <ItemText displayed="true"/>
               <ItemData>
                    <Attribute>
                         <DataSource>scorecat</DataSource>
                         <ControlType>select-each-value</ControlType>
                    </Attribute>
               </ItemData>
          </CurrentItemInfo>
     </DataPanels>
</IRData>
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<?BASELINE FB2-A.02.02 on:4 off:4?>
<?BASELINE FB2-A.03.01 on:3 off:1?>
<?BASELINE FB2-A.03.02 on:0 off:1?>
<?BASELINE FB2-A.03.04 on:3 off:2?>
<?BASELINE FB2-A.03.05 on:1 off:0?>
<?BASELINE FB2-A.03.07 on:4 off:2?>
<?BASELINE FB2-A.04.01 on:2 off:5?>
<?BASELINE FB2-A.04.02 on:5 off:3?>
<?BASELINE FB2-A.04.03 on:3 off:1?>
<?BASELINE FB2-A.04.04 on:1 off:1?>
<?BASELINE FB2-A.05.01 on:12 off:14?>
<?BASELINE FB2-A.05.02 on:9 off:1?>
<?BASELINE FB2-A.05.03 on:0 off:6?>
<?BASELINE FB2-A.06.01 on:7 off:9?>
<?BASELINE FB2-A.06.02 on:2 off:6?>
<?BASELINE FB2-A.06.03 on:10 off:5?>
<?BASELINE FB2-A.06.04 on:1 off:1?>
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SQL*Loader problem - not efficient, parsing error for big xml files

Hi Experts,
First of all, I would like to store xml files in object relation way. Therefore I created a schema and a table for it (see above).
I wants to propagate it (by using generated xml files), hence I created a control file for sql loader (see above).
I have two problems for it.
1, It takes a lot of time. It means I can upload a ~80MB file in 2 hours and a half.
2, At bigger files, I got the following error messages (OCI-31011: XML parsing failed OCI-19202: Error occurred in XML processing LPX-00243: element attribute value must be enclosed in quotes). It is quite interesting because my xml file is generated and I could generated and uploaded the first and second half of the file.
Can you help me to solve these problems?
Thanks,
Adam
Control file
UNRECOVERABLE
LOAD DATA
CHARACTERSET UTF8
INFILE *
APPEND
INTO TABLE coll_xml_objrel
XMLTYPE(xml)
FIELDS
ident constant 2
,file_name filler char(100)
,xml LOBFILE (file_name) TERMINATED BY EOF
BEGINDATA
generated1000x10000.xml
Sql Loader command
sqlldr.exe username/password@//localhost:1521/SID control='loader.ctl' log='loadr.log' direct=true
Schema
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<schema targetNamespace="http://www.something.com/shema/simple_searches" elementFormDefault="qualified" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:tns="http://www.something.com/shema/simple_searches">
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    <element name="search" type="tns:search_type"></element>
    <element name="results" type="tns:results_type"></element>
    <element name="result" type="tns:result_type"></element>
    <complexType name="searches_type">
        <sequence>
            <element ref="tns:search" maxOccurs="unbounded"></element>
        </sequence>
    </complexType>
    <complexType name="search_type">
        <sequence>
            <element ref="tns:results"></element>
        </sequence>
        <attribute ref="tns:id" use="required"></attribute>
        <attribute ref="tns:type" use="required"></attribute>
    </complexType>
    <complexType name="results_type">
        <sequence maxOccurs="unbounded">
            <element ref="tns:result"></element>
        </sequence>
    </complexType>
    <complexType name="result_type">
        <attribute ref="tns:id" use="required"></attribute>
    </complexType>
    <simpleType name="type_type">
        <restriction base="string">
            <enumeration value="value1"></enumeration>
            <enumeration value="value2"></enumeration>
        </restriction>
    </simpleType>
    <attribute name="type" type="tns:type_type"></attribute>
    <attribute name="id" type="string"></attribute>
</schema>
Create table
create table coll_xml_objrel
ident Number(20) primary key,
xml xmltype)
Xmltype column xml
store as object relational
xmlschema "http://www.something.com/schema/simple_searches.xsd"
Element "searches";

Hi Odie_63,
Thanks for your answer.
I will post this question in the XML DB forum too (edit: I realized that you have done it. Thanks for it).
1, Version: Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.1.0 - 64bit Production
2, see above
3, I have registered my schema with using dbms_xmlschema.registerSchema function.
Cheers,
Adam
XML generator:
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import javax.xml.stream.XMLOutputFactory;
import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException;
import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamWriter;
public class mainGenerator {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws FileNotFoundException, XMLStreamException {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        final long numberOfSearches = 500;
        final long numberOfResults = 10000;
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        XMLStreamWriter writer = xof.createXMLStreamWriter(new FileOutputStream("C:\\Working\\generated500x10000.xml"));
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        writer.writeNamespace("tns", "http://www.something.com/schema/simple_searches");
        for (long i = 0; i < numberOfSearches; i++){
            Long help = new Long(i);
            writer.writeStartElement("tns","search", "http://www.something.com/schema/simple_searches);
            writer.writeAttribute("tns", "http://www.something.com/schema/simple_searches", "type", "value1");
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            writer.writeStartElement("tns","results", "http://www.something.com/schema/simple_searches");
            for (long j = 0; j < numberOfResults; j++){
                writer.writeStartElement("tns","result", "http://www.something.com/schema/simple_searches");
                Long helper = new Long(i*numberOfResults+j);
                writer.writeAttribute("tns", "http://www.something.com/schema/simple_searches", "id", helper.toString());
                writer.writeEndElement();
            writer.writeEndElement();
            writer.writeEndElement();
        writer.writeEndElement();
        writer.writeEndDocument();
        writer.close();
registerSchema:
begin
dbms_xmlschema.registerSchema(
'http://www.something.com/schema/simple_searches',
'<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<schema targetNamespace="http://www.something.com/schema/simple_searches" elementFormDefault="qualified" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:tns="http://www.something.com/schema/simple_searches">
    <element name="searches" type="tns:searches_type"></element>
    <element name="search" type="tns:search_type"></element>
    <element name="results" type="tns:results_type"></element>
    <element name="result" type="tns:result_type"></element>
    <complexType name="searches_type">
        <sequence>
            <element ref="tns:search" maxOccurs="unbounded"></element>
        </sequence>
    </complexType>
    <complexType name="search_type">
        <sequence>
            <element ref="tns:results"></element>
        </sequence>
        <attribute ref="tns:id" use="required"></attribute>
        <attribute ref="tns:type" use="required"></attribute>
    </complexType>
    <complexType name="results_type">
        <sequence maxOccurs="unbounded">
            <element ref="tns:result"></element>
        </sequence>
    </complexType>
    <complexType name="result_type">
        <attribute ref="tns:id" use="required"></attribute>
    </complexType>
    <simpleType name="type_type">
        <restriction base="string">
            <enumeration value="value1"></enumeration>
            <enumeration value="value2"></enumeration>
        </restriction>
    </simpleType>
    <attribute name="type" type="tns:type_type"></attribute>
    <attribute name="id" type="string"></attribute>
</schema>',
TRUE, TRUE, FALSE, FALSE);
end

T-Sql update to ntext containing XML

I need to query to find records with a node that has a particular value, then update another node in the xml.
I did a round about query with temp tables because I couldn't figure out how to do the cast and the query in the xml in the same step. but now I need to update the xml for certain records.
for example:
table A columns: ID, xml ( ntext data), InStock (char)
update xml 'book/mustRead' = 'Yes'
where 'book/author' = 'James Joyce'
and InStock = 1
thanks for any help

Convert the NText to XML, then use XQuery on the XML.
XQuery Language Reference (SQL Server)
Then convert the XML back to NText.
Also you shouldn't use NText. Use NVarchar(max) instead.
David
David http://blogs.msdn.com/b/dbrowne/

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hi all.
i have the next problem.
the sender sistem send to XI an XML. some tags send a '#' caracter.
Sender Service send:
Torre B1 - B#Unimev
when Im traying to test XML inbound, XI show the next error:
Error when parsing the XML document (Fatal Error: com.sap.engine.lib.xml.parser.ParserException: Invalid char #0x14(:main:, row:1, col:992))
XML:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
- <ZDEBMAS6>
-   <IDOC BEGIN="1">
-      <EDI_DC40 SEGMENT="1">
         <TABNAM>EDI_DC40</TABNAM>
         <MANDT>300</MANDT>
         <DOCNUM>0000000000339708</DOCNUM>
         <DOCREL>640</DOCREL>
         <STATUS>30</STATUS>
         <DIRECT>1</DIRECT>
         <OUTMOD>2</OUTMOD>
       </EDI_DC40>
-      <E1KNA1M SEGMENT="1">
          <MSGFN>009</MSGFN>
          <REGIO>07</REGIO>
          <STCD1>20147972750</STCD1>
          <FITYP>01</FITYP>
          <STCDT>80</STCDT>
          <STCD3>0</STCD3>
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             <MSGFN>009</MSGFN>
              <KUNNR>0001000563</KUNNR>
              <ZZSOCRCV>3100</ZZSOCRCV>
              <ZZGBDAT>00000000</ZZGBDAT>
          <b> <ZZAD_STREET_CO>Torre B1 - B Unimev</ZZAD_STREET_CO></b>
              <ZZAD_ROOMNUM_CO>PB</ZZAD_ROOMNUM_CO>
              <ZZAD_FLOOR_CO>E</ZZAD_FLOOR_CO>
              <ZZAD_PSTCD1_CO>M5521AAR</ZZAD_PSTCD1_CO>
              <ZZAD_CITY1_CO>Mendoza</ZZAD_CITY1_CO>
              <ZZAD_REGIO_CO>07</ZZAD_REGIO_CO>
           </Z1KNA1M>
           <Z1ADRCM SEGMENT="1">
              <MSGFN>009</MSGFN>
              <KUNNR>0001000563</KUNNR>
           <b><STREET>Torre B1 - B Unimev</STREET></b>
              <FLOOR>PB</FLOOR>
              <HOUSE_NUM2>E</HOUSE_NUM2>
              <CITY1>Mendoza</CITY1>
              <POST_CODE1>5521</POST_CODE1>
              <COUNTRY>AR</COUNTRY>
              <REGION>07</REGION>
              <LANGU>S</LANGU>
          </Z1ADRCM>
      </E1KNA1M>
    </IDOC>
</ZDEBMAS6>
Message was edited by: Rodrigo Pertierra
Message was edited by: Rodrigo Pertierra

Hi Rodrigo,
Do you use a specific "encoding" like UTF-8 or ISO-8859-1 in your Sender CC.
Try changing the Transfer mode to Binary instead of Text.
Also go through these links:-
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw2004s/helpdata/en/e3/94007075cae04f930cc4c034e411e1/content.htm
Invalid char in XML from inbound IDoc
Hope this provides a solution.
Regards.
Praveen

Problem with special Character & in Proxy

Hi,
We have a File --> XI --> R/3 Scenario. In this scenario, from XI we are passing the data to R/3 by calling the Proxy. When the data in the file has special character like & (for example <Companyname>Dave&Busters</Companyname>), it is failing in R/3. But if I replace "&" with "&" in the file it works fine. Is there any solution to this problem without writting custom code in XI to replace & with &.
Thanks
Sudheer

>But if I replace "&" with "&" in
> the file it works fine. Is there any solution to this
> problem without writting custom code in XI to replace
> & with &.
No. If the sender of the message provides an XML format with an unescaped &, then the XML is not valid and therefore cannot be processed.
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