[GRASS-dev] Re: SQL inequality and GXW files

[Joe Ostrowski]

The "ampersand-lt-semicolon" got changed to "<" at the nabble site.   
Just to make sure the post makes sense I've changed the previous  
post.  See below...  Joe

> Subject: SQL inequality and GXW files
>
> I'm using 6.4.0RC3 on OSX 10.4.11 (Kyngesburye release) using the  
> WxPython GUI.  I set up a where clause for a vector display  
> (ATTR<>'ABC'), which works fine.  I then save the workspace as  
> "test.gxw".  No problem there.
>
> When I try to open the test.gxw workspace file I get the error  
> message:
>
> Error
> Reading workspace file <..../test.gxw>
> failed. Invalid file, unable to parse XML document.
> <unknown>:17:35: not well-formed (invalid token)
>
> I open up the file using emacs and it immediately flags the "<" in  
> the "<>" field:
>
> <parameter name="where">
>     <value>ATTR<>'ABC'</value>
> </parameter>
>
> since it believes the "<" is opening a markup tag.
>
> I edit the file to change "<>" to "ampersand-lt-semicolon ampersand- 
> gt-semicolon" and try to open the workspace file again.  This time  
> the workspace gets loaded just fine.  Tried to save with the SQL  
> "cat<10".  File saves OK but I get the same error when trying to  
> open that gxw file.  I change the "<10" to "ampersand-lt-semicolon  
> 10" and the file opens and the vector displays no problem.
>
> I guess the GXW save facility needs to check for the "<" symbol and  
> replace it with "ampersand-lt-semicolon"
>
> Thanks,
>
> Joe

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