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How to include a double quote in XML using .setattribute?

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I'm trying to use the setattribute function to create a "noNamespaceschemalocation" attribute in an XML document but can't figure out the syntax for a get a double quote rather than it being converted to '&quote;', below is the code I am using; does anyone one what I should be doing?

{

XmlDocument xmlDoc;

XmlElement  xmlTransaction;

;

xmlDoc = XmlDocument::newBlank();
xmlTransaction = xmlDoc.createElement('transaction');
xmlTransaction.setAttribute('xmlns:xsi', 'www.w3.org/.../XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="import_spec.xsd');

The following is created from the above code:


<transaction xmlns:xsi="www.w3.org/.../XMLSchema-instance&amp;quot; xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation=&quot;import_spec.xsd">

I want to create the following:


<transaction xmlns:xsi="www.w3.org/.../XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="import_spec.xsd">

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  • Community Member Profile Picture
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    RE: How to include a double quote in XML using .setattribute?

    Thanks Martin, that was exactly what I needed. I appreciate the help.

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    Martin Dráb Profile Picture
    Martin Dráb 231,409 Most Valuable Professional on at
    RE: How to include a double quote in XML using .setattribute?

    The problem is that the second argument of setAttribute2() has a wrong value. It should be the namespace URI and when you use 'xsi', the application considers it as a new namespace with URI = xsi, adds a declaration for it (xmlns:p2="xsi") and uses this new namespace for your attribute.
    The right code is this:

    XmlDocument xmlDoc = XmlDocument::newBlank();
XmlElement xmlTransaction = xmlDoc.createElement('transaction');
xmlDoc.appendChild(xmlTransaction);

xmlTransaction.setAttribute('xmlns:xsi', 'www.w3.org/.../XMLSchema-instance');
xmlTransaction.setAttribute2('noNamespaceSchemaLocation', 'www.w3.org/.../XMLSchema-instance', 'import_spec.xsd');

info(xmlDoc.xml());
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    RE: How to include a double quote in XML using .setattribute?

    Thanks for the response Martin. I have tried pretty much every response doing a Google search and have tried what you suggested and it does come close, see below.

    My code:

    xmlDoc = XmlDocument::newBlank();

    xmlTransaction = xmlDoc.createElement('transaction');

    xmlTransaction.setAttribute('xmlns:xsi', 'www.w3.org/.../XMLSchema-instance&;);

    xmlTransaction.setAttribute2('noNamespaceSchemaLocation', 'xsi',  'import_spec.xsd');

    The result:

    <transaction xmlns:xsi="www.w3.org/.../XMLSchema-instance&quot; p2:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="import_spec.xsd" xmlns:p2="xsi">

    I need:

    <transaction xmlns:xsi="www.w3.org/.../XMLSchema-instance&quot; xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="import_spec.xsd">

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    Martin Dráb Profile Picture
    Martin Dráb 231,409 Most Valuable Professional on at
    RE: How to include a double quote in XML using .setattribute?

    You call setAttribute() only once, although you're trying to add two attributes (xsi and noNamespaceSchemaLocation), which is clearly a problem.

    For the latter attribute, use setAttribute2(). Its third argument is value, where you should set import_spec.xsd.

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