Since when is a CDATA section not a good way to store markup?



"Joe Fawcett" <joefawcett@n...> wrote in message 
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> Given that the data is in a CDAT section, not a good way to store mark-up, 
> then it is treated as text. To turn it into XML I think you'd have to 
> extract the whole of it and reload it into an XElement/XDocument and then 
> extract the text.
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> "Scott M." <smar@n...> wrote in message 
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>> How would I use LINQ to XML (vb .net) to extract just the text (not the 
>> markup) of the following:
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>> <description><![CDATA[<p><a 
>> href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25085248/"><img align="left" border="0" 
>> src="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/ArtAndPhoto-Fronts/TECH/080610/g-080610-tec-tencent-4x3-10a.thumb.jpg" 
>> alt="" style="margin:0 5px 5px 0" /></a>In an interview, David Hajdu, 
>> author of the book "The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and 
>> How it Changed America," discusses the rise and fall of  the rise and 
>> fall of comics, and how their unwelcome reception compares to today's 
>> criticism of violent video games.</p><br clear="all" />]]></description>
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>> In other words, I'm only interested in:
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>> In an interview, David Hajdu, author of the book "The Ten-Cent Plague: 
>> The Great Comic-Book Scare and How it Changed America," discusses the 
>> rise and fall of  the rise and fall of comics, and how their unwelcome 
>> reception compares to today's criticism of violent video games.
>>
>> Thanks.
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