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Asked: 2026-05-29T03:50:43+00:00

<xmlnode id=2 text=’&quot;Hello World!&quot;’ /> How do i read the Hello World without unescaping

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<xmlnode id=2 text='&quot;Hello World!&quot;' />

How do i read the “Hello World” without unescaping in python. I’m using ElementTree like this

xmlstr = """\
         <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
         <nodes>
         <xmlnode id=1 text='&quot;Hello World!&quot;' />
         <xmlnode id=2 text='&quot;Hello World!&quot;' />
         </nodes>
         """
elem = ElementTree.fromstring(xmlstr)
nodes = elem.findall('xmlnode')
for row in nodes:
    print str(row.get('id'))+ ": " + row.get('text')

output

1: "Hello World"
2: "Hello World"

I want

1: &quot;Hello World&quot;
2: &quot;Hello World&quot;
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  1. Editorial Team

    Try this, using prepared statements:

    # set up database cursor...
sql   = "INSERT foo (id, text) VALUES (%d, %s)"
elem  = ElementTree.fromstring(xmlstr)
nodes = elem.findall('xmlnode')
for row in nodes:
    valueList = (row.get('id'), row.get('text'))
    cursor.execute(sql, valueList)

    As indicated, I don’t think storing the escaped value in the database will do you any good. Use the actual values in the DB, it will make your life very much easier down the road.

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