That may be true, but swapping DTDs in and out changed nothing. Already tried that, even adding an <?xml...?> declaration. IE 6 didn't seem fooled in the least.
But since you mention this, and thank you for the help... if XHTML 1.0 is a reformulation of HTML 4.01, I decided to see what w3.org had to say. And i quote: [http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/#guidelines] C.16. The Named Character Reference ' The named character reference ' (the apostrophe, U+0027) was introduced in XML 1.0 but does not appear in HTML. Authors should therefore use ' instead of ' to work as expected in HTML 4 user agents. ..so I guess that's the way it is. Still it seems strange Microsoft wouldn't fudge support for it anyway. Netscape appeared to have done so... Kevin Graeme wrote: >What is the datatype definition for your page? The reason I ask is "'" >is not an official character entity type in HTML 4. If you have a declared >DTD of HTML 4, then the fact that Netscape supports it suggests that >Netscape is in error. > >-Kevin Graeme > > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Kreig Zimmerman [mailto:kkz@;foureyes.com] >>Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 2:48 PM >>To: CF-Talk >>Subject: Re: XML and IE 6 = Strange Bug >> >> >>This actually has everything to do with XML. >> >>It is XML-ized data I am representing. >> >>And XML-Safe data needs apostrophes escaped, and CFMX's built-in >>XMLFormat() renders an apostrophe as... ' >> >>Viz: >>http://wdvl.internet.com/Authoring/Languages/XML/XMLFamily/XMLSynt >>ax/sall2_5.html >> >>..so now you see the crux of my dilemma. The character returned via the >>XML _doesn't display correctly_ for me, for some bizarre reason. >>But this in IE 6. In Netscape 7? It renders _fine_. >> >>:P >> >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> >> >>>Oh wait... >>> >>>There is no ' special character. >>> >>>----- Original Message ----- >>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>Date: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 1:22 pm >>>Subject: Re: XML and IE 6 = Strange Bug >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>What does XML have to do with your problem? >>>> >>>>Anyhow, let's see your code. I use the ' special character >>>>all the time in IE6 and it works fine. >>>> >>>>----- Original Message ----- >>>>From: Kreig Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>Date: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 10:27 am >>>>Subject: XML and IE 6 = Strange Bug >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>Hi Everybody, >>>>> >>>>>I just wanted to see if anyone had noticed the following strange >>>>>behavior: >>>>>In spite of Microsoft's attempts to be XML this, XML that, their >>>>>soddingweb-browser cannot seem to handle the HTML entity >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>reference >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>'correctly. I have taken to mapping it to its decimal >>>>>representaion(') but this seems idiotic considering how "XML- >>>>>y" Microsoft >>>>>purports IE 6 to be. >>>>> >>>>>Has anyone else noticed this? >>>>> >>>>>FYI: The browser in question is... >>>>>Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0; Q312461; .NET CLR >>>>>1.0.3705) >>>>> >>>>>-- >>>>>Kreig Zimmerman : Sr. Web Programmer : [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>>Four Eyes Productions : Brooklyn, NY : [718]254-9557 x[104] >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm
