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using & spits out an error
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traingamer
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It shouldn't be the & kicking out the error. That just concatenates a parameter to be passed to the referenced page. It doesn't even have to exist.
What else is going on there? What exactly is giving the error? Browser? ASP? Style checker?
traingamer
What else is going on there? What exactly is giving the error? Browser? ASP? Style checker?
traingamer
the only thing I can think of is that you are using strict xhtml, which mandates using & for the ampersand. Don't worry, it will translate correctly into querystring variables once it is rendered on the page.
Try it and see what happens.
Try it and see what happens.
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<a href='default.asp?CategoryID=1&Category_Name=test'><strong>like Jonty said, [ignore]&[/ignore] will work as well. XHMTL specs do not allow for the reserved characters to exist anywhere in the code. That is why the correct link is:
Check more here:
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<a href="default.asp?CategoryID=1&Category_Name=test"><strong>trollacious
Programmer
But you use an ampersand to create the &, so that would be a wrong solution no matter how many times you recursively replace it. The format you have is standard GET format for passing information.
Why are you using single quotes rather than double quotes? That's a sloppy work around for VBScript ASP users. Is it choking on the underscore character?
I tried your exact code in IIS on Windows XP SP2 and it worked fine.
Lee
Why are you using single quotes rather than double quotes? That's a sloppy work around for VBScript ASP users. Is it choking on the underscore character?
I tried your exact code in IIS on Windows XP SP2 and it worked fine.
Lee
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I am actually trying to validate the code using
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" " at the top of the page.
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" " at the top of the page.
Like the guys say, swap the & for & or & and the validator will like it. I'm not aware of any browser that will have problems with it as-is though.
Lee:
As far as the spec's concerned, an ampersand always marks the beginning of a character entity - & © { etc. That's why the validator gives that particular error, it sees
and tries to find an entity called [tt]&Category_Name[/tt]. There isn't one, so it complains. Using an [tt]&[/tt] instead allows you to say "this is an actual ampersand character, not the start of an entity". It's like using [tt]<[/tt] to stop "<" characters confusing the browser.
Oh, and single quotes are just as valid as double quotes in (X)HTML. Most of us may prefer the double variety, but live and let live, eh?
-- Chris Hunt
Webmaster & Tragedian
Extra Connections Ltd
Lee:
As far as the spec's concerned, an ampersand always marks the beginning of a character entity - & © { etc. That's why the validator gives that particular error, it sees
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<a href='default.asp?CategoryID=1&Category_Name=test'><strong>Oh, and single quotes are just as valid as double quotes in (X)HTML. Most of us may prefer the double variety, but live and let live, eh?
-- Chris Hunt
Webmaster & Tragedian
Extra Connections Ltd
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trollacious
Programmer
I didn't realize that you had to "escape" the ampersand in quotes, too. Thanks for the info on that.
As for the single quotes, the only examples I've seen on the W3C site when I've checked have used double quotes. I couldn't find anything on using single quotes when I looked at the XHTML 1.0 page referenced above.
Lee
As for the single quotes, the only examples I've seen on the W3C site when I've checked have used double quotes. I couldn't find anything on using single quotes when I looked at the XHTML 1.0 page referenced above.
Lee
trollacious
Programmer
Just found a reference to using single quotes, so I stand corrected.
Lee
Lee
traingamer
Programmer
Good to know about the & . That's why I like these forums - I learn something whether I want to or not. ![[blush]](/data/assets/smilies/blush.gif "[blush] [blush]")
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