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Subject: Re: value for href
From: "Thomas B. Passin" <tpassin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 17:04:03 -0400
[Scott Hofmann]

> I put the below line of code into an .XSL file and it complains that 
> the value of attribute "href" must not contain the '<' character.
> 
> <td bgcolor="lightsteelblue"><b>URL</b>:  <a href="<xsl:value-of 
> select='SiteURL'/>"><xsl:value-of select='SiteURL'/></a></td>
> 
> So how could i format this line so the value for <xsl:value-of 
> select='SiteURL '/>  gets inserted into the <a href> area?
> 

The simplest way among several possiblities is

<a href="{SiteURL}">...</a>

This is called an "attribute value template".  Your way is illegal in XML.

Cheers,

Tom P


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