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Re: Problem in Sending the Data By Querystring

From: Keenan, Alistair <AlistairK@dumgal.gov.uk>
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 07:06:44 -0400 (EDT)
Message-ID: <0724028DE925D6118809000255914DB5F51385@dgc-mail4.dgc.gov.uk>
To: "'www-validator@w3.org'" <www-validator@w3.org> 




I also noticed the same problem with the validator and querystrings trying
to validate some html 4.01 code.

Does this mean that a querystring of the form 

?a=b&amp;c=d

is valid html 4.01 but

?a=b&c=d

isn't?

I have always believed that the second format was the correct one (and
Liam's reply implies that it is)  - why rely on the browser correctly
translating the html escape sequence for "&"???

Alistair Keenan.

Alistair Keenan
Analyst/Programmer
Consultancy & Applications - Information Services
Dumfries & Galloway Council
Tel 01387 260344
Fax 01387 260225

mailto:alistairk@dumgal.gov.uk 
http://www.dumgal.gov.uk
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