Text after "<" symbol gets truncated

Question

I found a problem with setting value in jsp. I have an element to be stored in database, if I provide its value with "phenom<name" In the database it saves as "phenom<name".but while displaying data to user text after "<" symbol gets truncated and it displays as "phenom<" instead of "phenom<name"

I found a problem with setting value in jsp. I have an element to be stored in database, if I provide its value with "phenom — Nizamuddin Shaikh, Apr 19 '16 at 06:57
If i add escape symbol "\" to "phenom<\name" then it will display properly but it will also store with escape symbol in DB which is not appropriate. — Nizamuddin Shaikh, Apr 19 '16 at 07:01
``\`` is not an escape character in HTML, which is where you are experiencing the problem. — Quentin, Apr 19 '16 at 07:29

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 19 '16 at 07:00

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You need to escape it..

<c:out value="phenom<name" />

or

${fn:escapeXml('phenom<name')}

or

"phenom&lt;name"

answered Apr 19 '16 at 07:00

Severino Lorilla Jr.

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Thanks I will try and post the result – Nizamuddin Shaikh Apr 19 '16 at 08:06
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Thanks a lot it worked :) you are great! – Nizamuddin Shaikh Apr 19 '16 at 08:12

Text after "<" symbol gets truncated

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