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Asked: 2026-06-06T10:19:37+00:00

The following minimal test case throws an error in powershell: [reflection.assembly]::LoadWithPartialName(‘system.xml.linq’) [system.xml.linq.xdocument]::parse(‘<node>&</node>’) and frankly,

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The following minimal test case throws an error in powershell:

[reflection.assembly]::LoadWithPartialName('system.xml.linq')
[system.xml.linq.xdocument]::parse('<node>&</node>')

and frankly, in any .net library. This is a real problem when storing urls – for examaple if the content of <node> was http://test.com/?one=a&two=b.

How should it be properly encoded?

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  1. Editorial Team

    An encoded ampersand in XML is &amp;

    Running it with the encoded ampersand will not throw an exception:

    [reflection.assembly]::LoadWithPartialName('system.xml.linq')
[system.xml.linq.xdocument]::parse('<node>&amp;</node>')
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