XML problem with url value &F&

[gg]

I specify the Url element as
<xsd:element name="Url">
<xsd:simpleType>
<xsd:restriction base="xsd:string">
<xsd:maxLength value="512"/>
<xsdattern value="http://[a-zA-z.\\_\-]+"/>
</xsd:restriction>
</xsd:simpleType>
</xsd:element>
in the xsd but When I use the following in the xml

<Url>https://www.xyz.com/cgi-bin/access/abccgi3m01?F6=1\&F7=IB&F21=IB&F22=IB
&REQUEST=ClientSignin&LANGUAGE=ENGLISH</Url>


I got the error message
The reference to entity "F7" must end with the ';' delimiter. [17]
so I tried surrounding the url with double quote, then tried \ before &f7
but no luck. even \\&f7 did not help

tried google on a number of search terms but no luck so far

 

[Richard Tobin]

I specify the Url element as
<xsd:element name="Url">

.... it's nothing to do with the schema.

in the xsd but When I use the following in the xml

<Url>https://www.xyz.com/cgi-bin/access/abccgi3m01?F6=1\&F7=IB&F21=IB&F22=IB
&REQUEST=ClientSignin&LANGUAGE=ENGLISH</Url>

You can't do that in XML. You have to replace your ampersands with
"&amp;".

-- Richard

 

[gg]

thank you. I just have to remember replacing & with &amp;.

 

[Simon Brooke]

I specify the Url element as
<xsd:element name="Url">
<xsd:simpleType>
<xsd:restriction base="xsd:string">
<xsd:maxLength value="512"/>
<xsdattern value="http://[a-zA-z.\\_\-]+"/>
</xsd:restriction>
</xsd:simpleType>
</xsd:element>
in the xsd but When I use the following in the xml

&REQUEST=ClientSignin&LANGUAGE=ENGLISH</Url>


I got the error message
The reference to entity "F7" must end with the ';' delimiter. [17]
so I tried surrounding the url with double quote, then tried \ before
&f7 but no luck. even \\&f7 did not help

The (traditional) use of ampersand as a parameter-value pair separator in
URLs is a mistake. Many (but not all) dynamic content toolkits allow the
use of other characters, for example semi-colon, which do not provoke this
problem. However, if you must use ampersand, the correct way of writing
ampersand in an XML document is '&amp;'. So you will find that

<Url>https://www.xyz.com/cgi-bin/access/abccgi3m01?F6=1\&amp;F7=IB&amp;F21=IB&amp;F22=IB
&amp;REQUEST=ClientSignin&amp;LANGUAGE=ENGLISH</Url>

will work.

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