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[XSL-LIST Mailing List Archive Home] [By Thread] [By Date] [Recent Entries] [Reply To This Message] RE: : Escaping '&' in an HTML link.
 Can't do this. The ampersand is a reserved character in URI-land. See http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2396.txt In general, special characters in a URL can be quoted so that the URL remains legal. The ampersand, though, has special meaning in a URL (additional URL parameters in a URI query) and will make your server choke once the user tries to visit that link. You may be stuck with "%20and%20". ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Mark Feblowitz [t] 617.715.7231 Frictionless Commerce Incorporated [f] 617.495.0188 XML Architect [e] mfeblowitz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 400 Technology Square, 9th Floor Cambridge, MA 02139 www.frictionless.com -----Original Message----- From: Aparna Joshi [mailto:aparna.joshi@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 5:03 PM To: 'xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: : Escaping '&' in an HTML link. Hello, Here is my stylesheet (basic structure): <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0"> <xsl:param name="address">index.jsp</xsl:param> <xsl:output method="html" indent="yes" /> <xsl:template match="AAA"> <html> <head> <title>TITLE</title> </head> <body > <form method="POST" name="index" action="{$address}"> Your request: <input type="text" name="query" size="15"></input> <input type="submit" name="go" value="GO"></input> ............ <a> <xsl:attribute name="href"> <xsl:value-of select="$address"/>?query=Edit+name+<xsl:value-of select="translate(normalize-space(groupName),' ','+')"/> </xsl:attribute> <a> ............ </form> </body > </html> </xsl:template> ....... But this link fails when it encounters a value with "&" in it e.g. Star&Bucks fails because of the '&' in between. Is there any to escape the '&' so that the URL is completely and properly formed? I tried "disable-output-escaping" but it didnot seem to work. Thanks in anticipation for any help provided. Aparna XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list 
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