Assuming that you're using XHTML, you need to use the "proper" HTML entity for & which is: & I don't know that this will help your js problems, but it will mean that your page will be valid XML.
More info at: http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/sgml/entities.html Jonothan On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 09:55:20 -0500, Brian Duchek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why not just escape(selected.value) the "improperly" encoded value to > convert the "&" to "&"? > > > > > On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 16:07:25 -0400, Scott Reston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've got a <select> form element that contains values that include escaped > > ampersands. eg, > > <select> > > <option value="This & That">This & That</option> > > </select> > > > > I'm finding that when I use javascript to get the value of the (selected index of > > the) field, the value that javascript gets has the &, not & > > > > My character set for the form is ISO-8859-1. > > > > I'm using the form input on another page and want to stay XHTML... Does anyone > > have any insight into why I wouldn't get the whole value and what I can do to > > remedy the situation? > > > > Scott Reston > > Director, Web Development > > Capstrat > > 919/882.1966 v > > 919/834.7959 f > > 1201 Edwards Mill Road, Suite 102 > > Raleigh, NC 27607 > > www.capstrat.com > > ****************************************************** > > The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > > > > Proud presenters of Web Essentials 04 http://we04.com/ > > Web standards, accessibility, inspiration, knowledge > > To be held in Sydney, September 30 and October 1, 2004 > > > > See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > > for some hints on posting to the list & getting help > > ****************************************************** > > > > > > > -- > Brian Duchek > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > c: 847.809.2140 > w: www.inquiline.com > > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > ****************************************************** > The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > > See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > for some hints on posting to the list & getting help > ****************************************************** > > ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
