xml/xsl generates bad html for link 1

[kdelacruz]

Hi
I hope someone can help me with this

In an asp page, I am using xsl to display links using data from an xml file. It's working fine in IE6 and Netscape 7, but Netscape 6 (and possibly other browsers -- I don't have any others to test with!) have a problem because the html that's produced is not proper. The problem that occurs is the link does not appear or behave as a link -- it's just plain text.

Here's the html that's produced for a link:

<a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.frallc.com/&quot;[/URL] />Tech-Ops 2004

There is no end tag for the <a>, and there's an extra backslash at the end of the beginning <a> tag.

Here's the code in my xsl file.

<a><xsl:attribute name=&quot;target&quot;>_blank</xsl:attribute><xsl:attribute name=&quot;href&quot;>[URL unfurl="true"]http://<xsl:value-of[/URL] select=&quot;eventurl&quot;/></xsl:attribute></a><xsl:value-of select=&quot;desc&quot;/>

And from the xml file:

<eventurl>[URL unfurl="true"]www.frallc.com/</eventurl>[/URL]

I have also tried this in my xsl file:

	<xsl:element name=&quot;a&quot;>
	<xsl:attribute name=&quot;href&quot;>[URL unfurl="true"]http://<xsl:value-of[/URL] select=&quot;eventurl&quot;/></xsl:attribute>
	<xsl:attribute name=&quot;target&quot;>_blank</xsl:attribute>
	</xsl:element>
	<xsl:value-of select=&quot;desc&quot;/>

 

[ChrisHunt]

My XSL's a bit rusty, but try this:
[tt]
<a>
<xsl:attribute name=&quot;target&quot;>_blank</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:attribute name=&quot;href&quot;>

http://<xsl:value-of

select=&quot;eventurl&quot;/></xsl:attribute>
<xsl:value-of select=&quot;desc&quot;/>
</a>
[/tt]
(line breaks added for clarity only)

-- Chris Hunt

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[kdelacruz]

Worked perfectly -- there was no end tag for the <a> because I forgot to put one in -- duh!

Thanks, Chris!