RE: XSL, Escaping, undocumented?

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> I'm using MS XML 4, XSL transformation.
>
> My problem seems to be, that the document() function in XSL doesn't pass a
> GET request when the URL contains >>&amp;<<.

Well.

I just ran a test using MSXSL.exe, using the "-u 4.0" command line flag and
obtained a trace. Sure enough, MSXSL *does* send a GET request, and properly
submits the ampersand as one character.

> Tests have shown that ASP (IIS) converts things like >>&amp;<< to >>&<<
> automaticly.

When? Where? Why?

> The problem therefore lies in the document() function. I _could_ write #
> instead of &, and make the ASP script switch the characters.
>  - surely, I'd rather have it work the right way. Any ideas?

It seems to me that something else is wrong on your system.

Does the URL work once you switch to a different XSLT processor, such as
Instant Saxon? Can you post a complete example that shows the behaviour?

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