Special characters in XML functions

The XML functions of the database server automatically handle special characters.

When a SQL result set contains special characters, the XML function will automatically handle it. These special characters are listed in the following table.
Table 1. Special characters handled by XML functions
Character Resolved in XML as
Less than (<) &lt;
Greater than (>) &gt;
Double quote (") &quot;
Apostrophe (ˋ) &apos;
Ampersand (&) &amp;