RE: '<' character in href

> From: Lee, Insoo [mailto:Insoo(_dot_)Lee(_at_)gs(_dot_)com]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 11:56 AM
> Subject: [xsl] '<' character in href
>
>  Hi, in my XSL, I need to have an href link and I need to 
> pass down the
> parameters that get read from XML...., but it complains " The value of
> attribute "href" must not contain the '<' character."
>  How would I escape that character? Thanks
>
> <a
> href="xmlReport?contentType=excel&amp;reportType=cab&amp;sort_
> selection=<xsl
> :value-of select="SELECTED_SORT"">
This is an FAQ.  You need to use an attribute value template in the markup:

<a
href="xmlReport?contentType=excel&amp;reportType=cab&amp;sort_selection={SEL
ECTED_SORT}">

See http://www.dpawson.co.uk/xsl/sect2/N1575.html.

hth,
b.

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