On Feb 12, 3:15 pm, Peter Flynn <peter.n...@m.silmaril.ie> wrote:
> RigasMinho wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
> > Using this works -
> >  <a href="http://example.com/">Example link</a>
> > but if i have a really long link - it gives me an error of:
> > "A semi colon character was expected"
>
> It's nothing to do with length (despite what the spam says :-)
> It's XML, so it must be well-formed.
> You have one or more raw &s in your URL. They must be given as &amp;
>
> > Is there a way to put in a really long link into XSL for users to
> > click on?
>
> The example Martin has already given has no length limit.
>
> > I also thought about using this line:
> > <input type="button" value="Close Window"
> > onclick="javascript:window.close()" />
>
> > but wouldnt know how to make it link to a new url.
>
> That's a different question. You could include a JS function in a script
> element in your head element which invokes the open-window
> function. Then reference that in any onclick attributes.
>
> But what you suggest is very poor UI design. If the button says "Close
> Window" the the user will expect exactly that and no more. Making it
> close the window and then open another unexpectedly is A Bad Idea.
>
> ///Peter
> --
> XML FAQ:http://xml.silmaril.ie/

You're right i do have & in my link.

So the way to resolve this is by replacing each & with "&amp;"  .....
minus the quotes?