Predefined entity references
A predefined entity reference is a short sequence of characters that represents a character that has some syntactic significance in DB2® XPath.
A predefined entity reference begins with an ampersand (&) and ends with a semicolon (;). When a string literal is processed, each predefined entity reference is replaced by the character that it represents. The following table lists the predefined entity references that DB2 XPath recognizes:
| Entity reference | Character represented |
|---|---|
| < | < |
| > | > |
| & | & |
| " | " |
| ' | ' |