Re: [xsl] parser error with CDATA string '&a'

["G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 2008-03-01 16:07 +0100, Werner Remmers wrote:
> I'm trying to transform an XML document that contains elements like this one:
>
> <url_download>www.example.com?var=1&a=3</url_download>

That isn't an XML document because it is not well formed.

> But this is what I get from Saxon 9:
>
> SXXP0003: Error reported by XML parser: The reference to entity "a" 
> must end with the ';' delimiter.
>
> I already tried to wrap the content of the element in CDATA, like this:
>
> <url_download><![CDATA[www.example.com?var=1&a=3]]></url_download>
>
> Unfortunately this doesn't work too.

When you say it doesn't work, in what way does it not work?  It is 
now well-formed.  And to confirm it, the XML processor I use does not 
report any errors.

An alternative would be:

  <url_download>www.example.com?var=1&amp;a=3</url_download>

I hope this helps.

. . . . . . . . . . . . Ken

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