RE: Using CDATA but still "<" is inserted ???

[Kay Michael <Michael.Kay@xxxxxxx>]

> I can't figure out why 
> 	<![CDATA[1234 <A href="http://1234";>http://1234</A> 1234]]>
> Produces this:
> 	1234 &lt;A href="http://1234";>http://1234&lt;/A> 1234
> I want it to produce this:
> 	1234 <A href="http://1234";>http://1234</A> 1234
> 
> I'm using the Lotus xsl processor 0.18.2
>

This is probably the most-FAQ! Whether your input uses CDATA or entity
references or character references is irrelevant, a "<" supplied in
character content cannot be used to generate markup in the output document.
If you want to generate an <A> element, use a literal result element <A> in
the stylesheet, or <xsl:element>.

The latest spec does provide a way of cheating, using
disable-output-escaping, but (a) I don't know if Lotus implements it, and
(b) I can't see any reason why you would need it here.

Mike Kay


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