- From: Dave J Woolley <david.woolley@bts.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2000 11:53:03 +0100
- To: "'www-html@w3.org'" <www-html@w3.org>
> From: C. Dimitrakakis [SMTP:olethrosdc@yahoo.com] > > Some links to cgi scripts end with : ?var1=this&var2=that [DJW:] They are broken. > This makes the SGML description for HTML4.0 thinks that this &va is a some > kind of special character entity which it isn't. > So, how do I make a link to a cgi script while making clear that &va is > not > a character? Won't using & break the cgi script? > [DJW:] & will not break on any conforming browser, as & is transformed into & before the URL is sent as an HTTP request. This is covered in paragraph B.2.2 of the HTML 4 specification. > [DJW:] The W3C web site appears down, otherwise I'd give you a URL for the paragraph. [DJW:] -- --------------------------- DISCLAIMER --------------------------------- Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of BTS. >
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