On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 10:38:17AM -0800, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: > >>>>> "Stefano" == Stefano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [...] > Stefano> <img src="/myscript_image_generator/?p1=1&p2=2&p3=3"> [...] > > Which is wrong. That needs to be "&" where you have "&" > > That "it works" merely means that you have been lucky, and someone > has error-corrected for you. > > Do not rely on constant error correction. It will definitely break > some day. > > -- > Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 [...]
Randall, Can you elaborate on this? Should query parameters always be separated by '&' or ';' rather than '&'? Should <img src="http://a.b.c/d?e=1&f=2&g=3";> <a href="http://a.b.c/d?e=1&f=2&g=3";>misc</a> <form action="http://a.b.c/d?e=1&f=2&g=3";>...</form> be changed to <img src="http://a.b.c/d?e=1&f=2&g=3";> <a href="http://a.b.c/d?e=1&f=2&g=3";>misc</a> <form action="http://a.b.c/d?e=1&f=2&g=3";>...</form> Do you also have any references on this? So far I have found this: http://www.w3.org/TR/1998/REC-html40-19980424/appendix/notes.html#h-B.2.2 which states: The URI that is constructed when a form is submitted may be used as an anchor-style link (e.g., the href attribute for the A element). Unfortunately, the use of the "&" character to separate form fields interacts with its use in SGML attribute values to delimit character entity references. For example, to use the URI "http://host/?x=1&y=2"; as a linking URI, it must be written <A href="http://host/?x=1&y=2";> or <A href="http://host/?x=1&y=2";>. We recommend that HTTP server implementors, and in particular, CGI implementors support the use of ";" in place of "&" to save authors the trouble of escaping "&" characters in this manner. -- Matthew Pressly _______________________________________________ templates mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.template-toolkit.org/mailman/listinfo/templates
