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> I'm trying to build a dynamic href like this: > <xsl:if test="num_active_tasks>0"><a > href="show_tasks.jsp?pcode=<xsl:value-of select="site_code" > />project_number=<xsl:value-of select="number" />"><xsl:value-of > select="number" /></a> > > but I get the error "The value of attribute "href" must not contain the > '<' character. ". I understand what the error means, but I'm not sure > how to get around it. Is there a better way of building a dynamic href? Regarding the , 26 dec = 1A hex = the "SUBSTITUTE" C0 control character, which is not allowed in an XML document. & (hex 26 = 38 decimal) is what you meant, for ampersand. Just use &. I'm going to guess, though, that you tried doing that and didn't like the fact that you saw '&' in the output. It's not a direct cause-and-effect, though: & or & or & in XML doc becomes & in stylesheet tree; & in stylesheet tree is copied to the result tree; and finally & in result tree is output via the XML or HTML output method as &. The thing is, unless you are writing for a broken HTML user agent, you *want* & in the output. This is a FAQ; see also http://freespace.virgin.net/b.pawson/xsl/N7150.html#N11391 Regarding constructing an attribute, literal result elements are a shortcut to using <xsl:element> and <xsl:attribute> instructions. Sometimes it's easier to use the instructions: <a> <xsl:attribute name="href"> <xsl:value-of select="concat('show_tasks.jsp?pcode=',site_code,'&project_number=',number)" /> </xsl:attribute> <xsl:value-of select="number"/> </a> Although you could also do <a href="{concat(blahblahblah)}"> <xsl:value-of select="number"/> </a> - Mike ____________________________________________________________________ Mike J. Brown, software engineer at My XML/XSL resources: webb.net in Denver, Colorado, USA http://www.skew.org/xml/ XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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