CF function to parse/escape bad characters in xml for rss feed

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February 20, 2009
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hi guys

im creating my first rss feed and i believe one needs to remove/escape certain characters from the xml

is that right?

im pressuming theres a cffunction for this handful of promising sounding ones i found all caused errors which i didnt understand so i thought i'd ask for a pointer in the right direction

sorry if this is silly question

TIA

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Nick WayAuthor

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thanks to everyone for their replies

there is also this <something><![CDATA[#xmlformat(rs_data.var1)#]]></something>

not strictly cf but if youre setting up a rss feed you might need it so i post it here in case it helps you

BKBK

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xmlFormat() to escape characters in XML or HTMLEditFormat() for same in HTML.

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> im pressuming theres a cffunction for this handful of promising sounding ones
> i found all caused errors which i didnt understand so i thought i'd ask for a
> pointer in the right direction

here is a pointer in the right direction:
http://livedocs.adobe.com/coldfusion/8/functions-pt0_02.html

Note the bottom category.

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