[ic] "&" vs. "&" -- correct html links with interchange

interchange-users@icdevgroup.org interchange-users@icdevgroup.org
Sat Dec 7 15:09:00 2002


----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Walsh" <kevin@cursor.biz>
To: <interchange-users@icdevgroup.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2002 8:37 PM
Subject: RE: [ic] "&" vs. "&amp;" -- correct html links with
interchange


> uhwduhwd@hotmail.com wrote:
> >
> > I'm trying to validate the interchange generated webpages. But
there is
> > a
> >
> > Problem:
> >
> > The ampersand is nor correct. Within links it is important to have
it
> > as &amp; - but interchange provides only an &
> >
> > Example:
> >
> >
http://some.domain.com/cgi-bin/foundation/index.html?id=Tf8wEUwW&mv_pc=
> > 356
> >
> > is not valid, it must be:
> >
> >
http://some.domain.com/cgi-bin/foundation/index.html?id=Tf8wEUwW&amp;mv
> > _pc=356
> >
> > that is valid.
> >
> >
> > Somebody knows to fix this in Interchange. I use Interchange 4.8.5
> >
> You have been misinformed.  The problem only exists in the mind of
> your webpage validator.
>
> If "&" is to be the URI separator then "&" cannot be specified as
> "&amp;".  You may specify your own URI argument separator with the
> following interchange.cfg directive:
>
>     UrlSepChar :
>
> The above specifies that ":" should be used instead of "&", which is
> what I use myself.
>
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Whatever, this solution is great and it works fine!

Thank You

Uwe Disch