Thanks, Mitch. Yes, you're right, I can definitely do it in the calling
servlet, but I was wondering if there's an easy way to do it in
Postgres. I'll take care of it in Java, then :-).

Rgds,

Bret

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mitch Pirtle [mailto:mitch.pirtle@gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 7:50 PM
> To: Schuhmacher, Bret
> Cc: pgsql-novice@postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: [NOVICE] Ampersands in the output...
>
> Hi Bret,
>
> That sounds most likely served best at the application layer
> - for example, if your application is written in PHP, you can
> use the PHP
> function:
>
> http://us3.php.net/htmlentities
>
> You can also use regular expressions or PHP's str_replace to
> just replace all instances of '&' with '&'.
>
> Pretty sure other languages have their own methods as well.
>
> -- Mitch
>
> On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 16:22:41 -0800, Schuhmacher, Bret
> <Bret.Schuhmacher@aspect.com> wrote:
> > I'm using postgres to return business names via a function. In the
> > function I "xml-ify" the output by taking the name and wrap it with
> > start/end tags, as in "<name>name</name>" (there's a lot
> more to this
> > and I'm simplifying greatly). However, the problem is that some of
> > the names have "&" in them, like "Joes Bar & Grill", which really
> > should be escaped in XML.
> >
> > Any ideas how to escape those things before they get to the
> recipient
> > (i.e. my application, IE, Mozilla, etc.)? Is there a built-in
> > function or something I could make use of? I suppose I
> could write a
> > little more code in my function to look in the field and
> try to do a
> > string replace or something, but is that the most efficient method?
> >
> > Thanks in advance! :-)
> >
> > Bret
> >
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There is always pl/php or pl/java, if you really want
to put the code in the backend.

--- "Schuhmacher, Bret" <Bret.Schuhmacher@Aspect.com>
wrote:

> Thanks, Mitch. Yes, you're right, I can definitely
> do it in the calling
> servlet, but I was wondering if there's an easy way
> to do it in
> Postgres. I'll take care of it in Java, then :-).
>
> Rgds,
>
> Bret
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mitch Pirtle [mailto:mitch.pirtle@gmail.com]
>
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 7:50 PM
> > To: Schuhmacher, Bret
> > Cc: pgsql-novice@postgresql.org
> > Subject: Re: [NOVICE] Ampersands in the output...
> >
> > Hi Bret,
> >
> > That sounds most likely served best at the
> application layer
> > - for example, if your application is written in
> PHP, you can
> > use the PHP
> > function:
> >
> > http://us3.php.net/htmlentities
> >
> > You can also use regular expressions or PHP's
> str_replace to
> > just replace all instances of '&' with '&amp;'.
> >
> > Pretty sure other languages have their own methods
> as well.
> >
> > -- Mitch
> >
> > On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 16:22:41 -0800, Schuhmacher,
> Bret
> > <Bret.Schuhmacher@aspect.com> wrote:
> > > I'm using postgres to return business names via
> a function. In the
> > > function I "xml-ify" the output by taking the
> name and wrap it with
> > > start/end tags, as in "<name>name</name>"
> (there's a lot
> > more to this
> > > and I'm simplifying greatly). However, the
> problem is that some of
> > > the names have "&" in them, like "Joes Bar &
> Grill", which really
> > > should be escaped in XML.
> > >
> > > Any ideas how to escape those things before they
> get to the
> > recipient
> > > (i.e. my application, IE, Mozilla, etc.)? Is
> there a built-in
> > > function or something I could make use of? I
> suppose I
> > could write a
> > > little more code in my function to look in the
> field and
> > try to do a
> > > string replace or something, but is that the
> most efficient method?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance! :-)
> > >
> > > Bret
> > >
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> > majordomo@postgresql.org
> > >
> >
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