Re: [xsl] Document() and &

[Jeni Tennison <jeni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Josh,

> So on to my problem... what I need is for the reference to
> contain an ampersand. ie.
> <xsl:apply-templates 
> select="document('http://www.somewhere.com/getDocument.html?docType=xml&amp;id=12345')"/>
>
> This will not work and gives the following error "Error while
> parsing
> 'http://www.somewhere.com/getDocument.html?docType=xmlid=12345'.
> Missing equals sign between attribute and attribute value". Some
> where along the line the ampersand gets removed. I have also tried
> using just a '&' instead of a '&amp;' (even thought I know that it
> is improper to do so) and get the same error.

The behaviour you're describing sounds very weird. What processor are
you using, and how are you invoking it? Using &amp; as you are doing
should work fine -- it certainly shouldn't get removed.

Cheers,

Jeni

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