- From: Mr A. Bagi <bagi@liverpool.ac.uk>
- Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 11:17:31 +0000 (GMT)
- To: Rob <wlkngowl@unix.asb.com>
- cc: www-html@w3.org
Use (&), make life a lot easier with Netscape 3.X !!!!!!!!! On Sat, 21 Feb 1998, Rob wrote: >I've got a dilemma with the following > > <A HREF="page.cgi?arg1=val1&arg2=val2">link</A> > >NSGMLS sys (rightly I assume) that &arg2 is not a valid entity and >returns an error. > >So how can one get around this problem? Or should I just ignore it. > >It's not appropriate to substitute '%26' for '&' in URLs in many cases, >since CGI scripts will often break the arguments by ampersands and then >decode (in part because an argument might contain an amersand!). > >Something be changed in the DTD to allow any character in a URL. > >Rob > > >----- >"The word to 'kill' ain't dirty | Robert Rothenburg wlkngowl@unix.asb.com > I used it in the last line | http://www.asb.com/usr/wlkngowl > but use the short word for lovin' | http://www.wusb.org/mutant > and Dad you wind up doin' time." | PGP'd mail welcome (ID 0x5D3F2E99) > >
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