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Asked: 2026-06-14T19:33:50+00:00

What are the special characters that will break an XML? For example, the following

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  1. What are the special characters that will break an XML?

For example, the following xml works if there is no special characters in the value. But fails when I have & sign. I tried to wrap the value with CDATA syntax (<![CDATA[CITY & COUNTY]]>) but getting “Unexpected end of file while parsing CDATA has occurred. Line 44, position 122”

<Method ID="5">         
    <Field Type="Text" Name="Company" DisplayName="Company Name" FromBaseType="TRUE" >
        <Default>Rob & Schnider Company</Default>
    </Field> 
</Method>

Additional Info (if needed): I am using SharePoint 2010 and it’s web services to set default values for certain columns in a document library.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Actually, since I am using Nintex for workflow there is function which takes care of the special characters. All you do is wrap the value with the the function.

    fn-XmlEncode

    Encodes a string to make it safe for view­ing in html.

    Exam­ple

    fn-XmlEncode({WorkflowVariable:Text})
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