Thanks for the suggestions.  However, the following line: 

    writer.WriteCData("data string");

did not create the <![CDATA[...]]> block.  It just wrote the data string by 
itself. 

Thanks,
Eric.-


"Ion Vasilian" wrote:

>  Hi Eric,
> 
> Assuming that you're trying to modify a XmlDocument using its XPathNavigator 
> implementation, you should be able to generate a CDATA section using 
> XmlWriter's WriteCData() as follows:
>         static void Main()
>         {
>             XmlDocument document = new XmlDocument();
>             document.LoadXml("<root/>");
>             XPathNavigator navigator = 
> document.DocumentElement.CreateNavigator();
>             using (XmlWriter writer = navigator.AppendChild())
>             {
>                 writer.WriteCData("character data");
>             }
>             document.Save(Console.Out);
>         }
> 
> Ion
> 
> "ericms" <ericms@d...> wrote in message 
> news:2839D937-CB0B-4DE7-B71F-7FC6EA90285E@m......
> > How do I insert a CDATA section using XPathNavigator ?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Eric.-
> > 
> 
> 
>