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Field entries in SharePoint List with ampersand get replaced by ampersand amp semicolon
I have a SharePoint List created on our corporate SharePoint instantiation. One field (Single Line of Text) contains customer names, some of which have an ampersand in them. Example, AT&T. When I'm editing a record with one of these names, they look normal and can be entered normally. When I see the List in Grid View, it displays as AT&T. I just noticed this today and wasn't like this last week. Is this a known bug? Is there a way to stop it from doing this/workaround?
- I learned from my IT group that MS introduced a bug into SharePoint server and backed it out. I had to Stop Sync for my list for the ampersand (and other) issues to be resolved. So & now shows as just an & again. 🙂
Jim_Davenport it's not a bug, it's how SharePoint interprets an ampersand and has done for 20 years. Not sure there's a way round it but happy to be proved wrong.
Rob
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Intranet, SharePoint and Power Platform Manager (and classic 1967 Morris Traveller driver)- I learned from my IT group that MS introduced a bug into SharePoint server and backed it out. I had to Stop Sync for my list for the ampersand (and other) issues to be resolved. So & now shows as just an & again. 🙂
RobElliott Thanks for the response. I guess I was really surprised as I've had data in these fields with the & for a few months and it only now started displaying it in the "code form". Makes me wonder what changed...
