I think the service should use CDDATA http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2784183/what-does-cdata-in-xml-mean
On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 8:25 PM, Oleg Konovalov <oleg...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I am using a Web service between Flex client and Java based server, > some proprietary Web Service (which included REST/SOAP bridge). > We have noticed when client puts '>' or '<' in their data > [lets say in Description field he notes "if myValue is >0"], > it creates exceptions in that Web Service. > Is there a way to get around it? > (still would like to see correct characters when data is retrieved from > DB2) > > Less important: > if user communicates using some foreign characters, > they are not getting stored in DB2 database correctly. > So when retrieved, they are usually getting converted in some 3 other > characters. > Not sure whether that happens because of Flex or something else. > > -- > Thank you, > Oleg. >