[DUG] Invalid Chars in Webservice

[Gary T. Benner]

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HI Kyley,

Data is entered on a web page in a texta rea - being a good journalist the guy entering uses the correct punctuation - wierd stuff I'd never use, but for him is important.

I store the data exactly as is in a  database. Another guy accesses that data via a webservice I've provided - and he uses ASP for the consumption of that data - and we get lots of funny stuff acordingly.

So I want a standard procedure (if there is one) that converts all the unusual punctuation characters and European bits and bobs to the escaped sequences such as $amp; etc.

kind regards

Gary



At 16:29 on 17/10/2005 you wrote 
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>Can you provide some context as to where the punctuation marks are? ie, are
>you delivering XML, or HTML etc?
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>On 10/17/05, Gary T. Benner <gary at 123.co.nz> wrote:
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>> Hi all,
>>
>> Am delivering content through a WebService to a third party, and I'm
>> finding many punctuation characters being converted to '???' on the
>> receiving end.
>>
>> Is there a standard routine to escape these, or convert them to the
>> alternate &#8217;.
>>
>> or &amp; etc. ???
>>
>> I've made a routine that does the usual ones, but a standard proc that
>> catches them all would be easier.
>>
>> regards
>>
>> Gary
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