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in thread XML::Parser does not parse the Symbol

no

Did you really read the part where I advised you NOT to use ProtocolEncoding?

If you have to deal with XML, please educate yourself about encodings, it will pay off in the very short term.

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Re^4: XML::Parser does not parse the Symbol
by gopalr (Priest) on Jul 12, 2013 at 12:19 UTC

    Please correct me if I am wrong.

    You mean that adding the encoding in the xml declaration as follows in xml file:

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>

    Is that you are suggestion?

      Yes,if the data is in 8859-1, then it should be marked as such. Otherwise it's not proper XML, it won't parse with any proper parser.

      Make sure it is indeed in ISO-8859-1 though, sometimes it is in windows 1251, which is similar to ISO-8859-1 but not quite (some of the code points are used for different characters, like the smart quotes).

        Mirod

        Thanks for your guidance