On 11/6/06, Josh Nathanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey all, > > I've got a script that uses <cfxml> to create an xml object from data taken > from a db. Occasionally control characters sneak into the database and > break the xml when I try to do the output. I've been able to use rereplace > to "clean" the xml until today. I got the old "An invalid XML character > was found in the element content of the document." cf error with the Unicode > value that is breaking the xml. In the past, I've been able to add the > corresponding #chr()# into my rereplace statement to remove the offending > character, but this time it's Unicode 0x0 - when I add #chr(0)# into my > rereplace, it's still not removing that character. > > The rereplace is big and ugly, it looks like this > <cfset xmltest = rereplace(xmltest, > "[#chr(5)##chr(6)##chr(8)##chr(11)##chr(15)##chr(18)##chr(20)##chr(21)##chr(38)#]", > "", "All")> > > Those chr's represent all the previous characters that have cropped up in > the past to break the xml. > > Any ideas how I can clean this unicode 0x0 character from the xml?
Don't know whether it'll work for you, but the regex I've used successfully is REReplace ( mystring, '>\s*<', '><', 'ALL' ). It clears any whitespace between tags themselves. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:259328 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
