Text Escaping

In an XML text, characters are replaced as listed in the following table.

Character in an XML Function	Replacement
&	&
>	>
<	&lt;
"	&quot;
'	&apos;

Examples

XMLTEXT ('&') 

The replacement results in &

XMLFOREST ('>' AS green) 

The replacement results in <green>&gt;</green>

XMLELEMENT (NAME red, '"') 

The replacement results in <red>&quot;</red>