RE: Converting special characters

> <xsl:when test="contains($string, '"')">

An XML attribute can't contain both double and single quotes.
I generally try to avoid the complexities of XML escaping by using

<xsl:variable name="quot">"</xsl:variable>
<xsl:when test="contains($string, $quot)">

Mike Kay


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