i am trying to use the <xsp:attribute> thing to put attributes into a statically marked element. but ever since i put those in... i am getting an error messge from the browser when i try to call the page... Has anyone ever used these xsp elements b4?? maybe you can give me some pointers on its use... My code: <product> <xsp:attribute name="id"> <xsp:expr>temp_bullet</xsp:expr> /*temp_bullet is a java variable of course*/ </xsp:attribute> My Error: org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: The content of elements must consist of well-formed character data or markup. at org.apache.cocoon.parser.AbstractParser.fatalError(AbstractParser.java:105) at org.apache.xerces.framework.XMLParser.reportError(XMLParser.java:1037) at org.apache.xerces.framework.XMLDocumentScanner.reportFatalXMLError(XMLDocume ntScanner.java:625) at org.apache.xerces.framework.XMLDocumentScanner.abortMarkup(XMLDocumentScanne r.java:679) at org.apache.xerces.framework.XMLDocumentScanner$ContentDispatcher.dispatch(XM LDocumentScanner.java:1245) at org.apache.xerces.framework.XMLDocumentScanner.parseSome(XMLDocumentScanner. java:380) at org.apache.xerces.framework.XMLParser.parse(XMLParser.java:900) at org.apache.cocoon.parser.XercesParser.parse(XercesParser.java:85) at org.apache.cocoon.parser.AbstractParser.parse(AbstractParser.java:83) at org.apache.cocoon.producer.ProducerFromFile.getDocument(ProducerFromFile.jav a:78) at org.apache.cocoon.Engine.handle(Engine.java:359) at org.apache.cocoon.Cocoon.service(Cocoon.java:183) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:840) at org.apache.tomcat.core.ServletWrapper.doService(ServletWrapper.java:404) at org.apache.tomcat.core.Handler.service(Handler.java:286) at org.apache.tomcat.core.ServletWrapper.service(ServletWrapper.java:372) at org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.internalService(ContextManager.java:79 7) at org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.service(ContextManager.java:743) at org.apache.tomcat.service.http.HttpConnectionHandler.processConnection(HttpC onnectionHandler.java:210) at org.apache.tomcat.service.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:416) at org.apache.tomcat.util.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:498) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:484) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please check that your question has not already been answered in the FAQ before posting. <http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/faqs.html> To unsubscribe, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>