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Re: How do I output an ampersand?

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That's funny, I wasn't aware that HTML encoding was valid in a URL, i thought
the proper URL encoding was to use the %### convension.

-Chris

(Sorry this is off topic)


James Lynn wrote:

> This is probably staring me in the face but...
>
> I've got an XSLT stylesheet which I'm running through MSXML2 (and now
> MSXML3) converting from XML to HTML. Part of it requires that I piece
> together a URL from various elements and attributes. I need to be able to
> output an ampersand *on its own* and *not* as &.
>
> How should I do this? I've tried various different methods, but xslt
> resolutely refuses to send anything other than & even when I try
> <xsl:text disable-output-escaping="yes">&#38;</xsl:text>.
>
> I've tried having the output format as html, which doesn't affect this at
> all.
>
> Is it just a quirk of the MS component (which is the only xslt processor I
> have) or is this a general problem?
>
> I should say that IE5 is quite happy to handle URLs of the form
> abc.cgi?p=1&amp;q=2 but my worry is that other browsers won't be as
> forgiving as IE.
>
> Jim Lynn.
> The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
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>
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