Valid Input Characters

The table below displays all allowable characters (unless otherwise noted) that are accepted by the Payment Server. Characters are displayed in Courier New font. All other characters may cause undesirable results.

Table 1. Valid Data Characters

DEC	HEX	Character	DEC	HEX	Character	DEC	HEX	Character
32	20	Space	63	3F	?	96	60	`
33	21	!	64	40	@	97	61	a
34	22	“	65	42	A	98	62	b
35	23	#	66	42	B	99	63	c
36	24	$	67	43	C	100	64	d
37	25	%	68	44	D	101	65	e
38	26	&	69	45	E	102	66	f
39	27	‘	70	46	F	103	67	g
40	28	(	71	47	G	104	68	h
41	29	)	72	48	H	106	69	i
42	2A	*	73	49	I	106	6A	j
43	2B	+	74	4A	J	107	6B	k
44	2C	,	75	4B	K	108	6C	l
45	2D	–	76	4C	L	109	6D	m
46	2E	.	77	4D	M	110	6E	n
47	2F	/	78	4E	N	111	6F	o
48	30	0	79	4F	O	112	70	p
49	31	1	80	50	P	113	71	q
50	32	2	81	51	Q	114	72	r
51	33	3	82	52	R	115	73	s
52	34	4	83	53	S	116	74	t
53	35	5	84	54	T	117	75	u
54	36	6	85	55	U	118	76	v
55	37	7	86	56	V	119	77	w
56	38	8	87	57	W	120	78	x
57	39	9	88	58	X	121	79	y
58	3A	:	89	59	Y	122	7A	z
59	3B	;	90	5A	Z	123	7B	{
60	3C	<	92	5C	\	124	7C	\|
61	3D	=	94	5E	^	125	7D	}
62	3E	>	95	5F	_	126	7E	~

Character Removal
The table below displays all acceptable characters that must be removed by the Payment Server before submitting information to the Web Service operations. See each input parameter for each Web Service operation in order to know which input parameters will have these characters removed. This character removal ensures that the Payment Servers’ internal XML parsers can properly read the information of the Web Service operation. Characters in the table are displayed in Courier New font.

Many XML Parsers will encode these characters for you. In this case, the characters will not be converted back to their proper values by the Payment Server; they will be taken literally. Also, if you pass the encoded character through an input parameter that removes the characters listed in the table below, then certain characters may be removed (see examples below). However, if you are not using a parser, or if the parser does not handle this encoding, then the characters in the table listed below may still be removed, depending on the input parameter for the Web Service operation you are using.

Table 2. XML Character Removal

Character	XML Parser Encoding
<	<
>	>
&	&
‘	'
“	"

Example
The following example shows how characters would be removed if the data was passed through the NameOnCard parameter of the ProcessCreditCard operation.

Valid: John James
Invalid: John & James becomes John James
Invalid: John & James becomes John amp; James

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