Re: Parser Error? from Claus Färber on 1999-06-15 (www-validator@w3.org from June 1999)

From: Claus Färber <list-www-validator@faerber.muc.de>
Date: 15 Jun 1999 21:09:00 +0200
To: www-validator@w3.org
Message-ID: <7Ivumt0JcDB@faerber.muc.de>

Lloyd Wood <L.Wood@surrey.ac.uk> schrieb/wrote:
> In theory. Practice can be a different thing.
>
> http://www.mg.co.za/mg/m&e/archive.htm
>
> Okay, yes, that's an ampersand in the URL and directory name, and
> they're running Apache 1.3.4 (unix).
>
> What I'd dearly like to know is why:
>
> http://www.mg.co.za/mg/m&amp;e/archive.htm
> doesn't work.

This is a bug in either the browser or Apache. However, in this case, it  
is safe to encode it as "%26".

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Claus Andre Faerber <http://www.faerber.muc.de>
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