[DUG] Invalid Chars in Webservice

[Gary T. Benner]

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HI Kyley,

Ta muchly.

Just beware that the HTMLEscape function leaves off the ';' after the &#xxx .... but you can make your own corrected version easily using the code provided.

regards

Gary


At 17:10 on 17/10/2005 you wrote 
>To  : delphi at ns3.123.co.nz
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>unit HTTPUtil
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>On 10/17/05, Gary T. Benner <gary at 123.co.nz> wrote:
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>> *[Reply]*
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>> HI Kyley,
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> kind regards
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>> Gary
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>> A*t 16:29 on 17/10/2005 you wrote *
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>> >From: Kyley Harris, kyleyharris at gmail.com
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>> >Can you provide some context as to where the punctuation marks are? ie,
>> are
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>> >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,
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>> >> Am delivering content through a WebService to a third party, and I'm
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>> >> finding many punctuation characters being converted to '???' on the
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>> >> receiving end.
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>> >> Is there a standard routine to escape these, or convert them to the
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>> >> alternate &#8217;.
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>> >> or &amp; etc. ???
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>> >> I've made a routine that does the usual ones, but a standard proc that
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>> >> catches them all would be easier.
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>> >> regards
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>> >> Gary
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