create table t1 (
`a&b` int,
`a<b` int,
`a>b` text
);
insert into t1 values (1, 2, 'a&b a<b a>b');
<?xml version="1.0"?>

<resultset statement="select * from t1
">
  <row>
	<field name="a&amp;b">1</field>
	<field name="a&lt;b">2</field>
	<field name="a&gt;b">a&amp;b a&lt;b a&gt;b</field>
  </row>
</resultset>
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<mysqldump xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<database name="test">
	<table_structure name="t1">
		<field Field="a&amp;b" Type="int(11)" Null="YES" Key="" Extra="" />
		<field Field="a&lt;b" Type="int(11)" Null="YES" Key="" Extra="" />
		<field Field="a&gt;b" Type="text" Null="YES" Key="" Extra="" />
	</table_structure>
	<table_data name="t1">
	<row>
		<field name="a&amp;b">1</field>
		<field name="a&lt;b">2</field>
		<field name="a&gt;b">a&amp;b a&lt;b a&gt;b</field>
	</row>
	</table_data>
</database>
</mysqldump>
<?xml version="1.0"?>

<resultset statement="select count(*) from t1
">
  <row>
	<field name="count(*)">1</field>
  </row>
</resultset>
<?xml version="1.0"?>

<resultset statement="select 1 &lt; 2 from dual
">
  <row>
	<field name="1 &lt; 2">1</field>
  </row>
</resultset>
<?xml version="1.0"?>

<resultset statement="select 1 &gt; 2 from dual
">
  <row>
	<field name="1 &gt; 2">0</field>
  </row>
</resultset>
<?xml version="1.0"?>

<resultset statement="select 1 &amp; 3 from dual
">
  <row>
	<field name="1 &amp; 3">1</field>
  </row>
</resultset>
<?xml version="1.0"?>

<resultset statement="select null from dual
">
  <row>
	<field name="NULL">NULL</field>
  </row>
</resultset>
drop table t1;