Probable bug - can't output a CDATA tag

JonathonG

All,

I can't file a formal bug report on this (long story with my current customer, don't ask), but maybe someone else will be willing to file it.

I have a need to have a <![CDATA[ tag output in the final results of a presentation template. After much consternation, I boiled the issue down to the following PT (note: it uses no DCRs so you should be able to use it in place of any PT):

<iw_pt/>
<iw_perl>
my $cdata_start = '<![CDATA[';
my $cdata_end = ']]>';

iwpt_output("Here is cdata start: $cdata_start and here is cdata end: $cdata_end");
</iw_perl>

The ouput file will contain the following:
Here is cdata start: and here is cdata end:

Here's the workaround (but IMHO its pretty ugly):
<iw_pt/>
<iw_perl>
my $cdata_start = '<![CDATA' . '[';
my $cdata_end = ']]' . '>';

iwpt_output("Here is cdata start: $cdata_start and here is cdata end: $cdata_end");
</iw_perl>

The ouput file will now contain the following:
Here is cdata start: <![CDATA[ and here is cdata end: ]]>

Basically, the workaround is to make the text not actually look like a cdata tag.

So, it would appear that something in the PT engine is stripping out all opening and closing CDATA tags before doing anything else. This is not right. I can (maybe) understand that if I put a CDATA tag in my output stream that it will not be there...but it shouldn't mess with things inside of iw_perl tags.

This is mostly an FYI, but if some kindly soul could file it as a bug, I'd appreciate it. (Of course, with such a simple workaround, and very few interested customers, it probably will never get fixed, but at least its on record somewhere).

Jonathon
Independent Interwoven Contractor

Sri

Hi,
I just filed a bug report for this. Here is the bug number: 54050

Sri