Re: [Openinteract-dev] Using '&' as parameter separator

[Chris W. <ch...@cw...>]

Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
> [Hmm.  I have to repeat this on every mailing list I'm on, it seems.]

I knew that the subject would bait you into posting ;-)

> A URI with CGI info generally looks like:
> 
>         http://some.host/cgi/scriptname?fred=flintstone&barney=rubble
> 
> However, 99% of the time, you'll be putting that into an HTML page,
> where it has to be coded like:
> 
> <FORM ACTION="http://some.host/cgi/scriptname?fred=flintstone&amp;barney=rubble">
> 
> because "&" has to become "&amp;" even in attributes.
> 
> There are a *few* CGI processors that have adopted the "; is the same as &"
> recommendation, but at this point, you still shouldn't count on it.

Crystal clear, thank you. I'll update the plugin to separate the 
parameters with '&amp;'.

Chris

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