Escape Characters in xml

[higashij]

Hi! When sending an xml string through a web service there are escape characters replacing the < > tags. I was wondering if that's normal, or is there a way to prevent that from happening.

Ex: Sending <TestResponse><Name>Test Name</Name></TestResponse>
Receiving &lt;TestResponse&gt;&lt;Name&gt;Test Name&lt;/Name&gt;&lt;/TestResponse&gt;

Thanks!

[travishein]

does placing them into <![CDATA[ . ]]> tags help ?

[Tolls]

If the xml string is simply a parameter then that is perfectly normal.
It will either escape them, as in your case, or it will stick them in a CDATA block, depending on the tool used.

The reason for this is that the xml is simply a string as far as the web service is concerned, and not xml.