# To\_xml serialization with special characters

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/to-xml-serialization-with-special-characters/128433>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [February 7, 2008, 5:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/to-xml-serialization-with-special-characters/128433 "2008-02-07T17:31:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Erwin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/a88e57/32.png) [@Erwin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Erwin)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 5:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/to-xml-serialization-with-special-characters/128433/1 "2008-02-07T17:31:06Z")

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It appears thet some of my Model attributes have special  
characters … and they are not serialized (ex; url attribute or  
email address attribute)

how can I avoid such problem ?

thanks

erwin