Re: how to include an ampersand in an html href using xt and xsl?

[Eric van der Vlist <vdv@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

John,

This (<a href="foo&amp;bar">xxx</a>) is conform to the HTML 4.0
recommendation (see B.2.2, 
http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/appendix/notes.html#h-B.2.2 ) :

> For example, to use the URI "http://host/?x=1&y=2"; as a linking URI, 
> it must be written <A href="http://host/?x=1&#38;y=2";> or 
> <A href="http://host/?x=1&amp;y=2";>.

Eric

Eric van der Vlist wrote:
> 
> Ooops, sorry,
> 
> It's producing "<a href="foo&amp;bar">xxx</a>" !
> 
> Sorry
> 
> Eric
> 
> Eric van der Vlist wrote:
> >
> > Hi John,
> >
> > ---------------
> > <xsl:template match="/">
> > <a>
> >  <xsl:attribute name="href">foo&amp;bar</xsl:attribute>
> > </a>
> > </xsl:template>
> > ---------------
> >
> > Is just working fine (tested against XT) !
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> > Eric
> >
> > John Sidlo wrote:
> > >
> > > I'm trying to generate an href like...
> > >
> > > <a href="foo&bar">xxx</a>
> > >
> > > using xsl similar to...
> > >
> > > <a>
> > >  <xsl:attribute name="href"><xsl:text
> > > disable-output-escaping="yes">foo&bar</xsl:text>
> > >  </xsl:attribute>
> > > </a>
> > >
> > > and a variety of permutations on this theme.
> > >
> > > Section 16.4 of XSLT "Disabling Output Escaping" seems to say that
> > > putting ampersands in attributes is flat-out illegal!  ("Thus, it is an
> > > error to disable output escaping for an ... xsl:text element that is
> > > used ot generate the string-value of a ... attribute node")
> > >
> > > But & is a common character in href's.
> > >
> > > I must be missing something somewhere.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
> > >
> > >  XSL-List info and archive:  http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
> >
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