I have an Access DB, containing car and engine specifications entered
by hand by jobbers. I use an XML file to parse the information in the
specifications. Sometime they used "extended" characters to specify
dimension or range:

Ex: 1/4  instead of 1/4
Ex: - instead of  -
...etc

I need to detect and replace these characters with their ASCII
equivalent but I could not get these characters in my XML when in
UTF-8, the document loader throws and exception.  How can I get these
characters in my XML ?

I am using Regex to parse and replace fragments of the jobber
description. Basicaly I need to express these characters in my Pattern
element:

 <JobberNote  Pattern="(14 INCHE ' WHEEL SOLID ROTOR)$"
Replace="$1"          />

Thanks.