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Re: LYNX-DEV ac0.97: CGI &-separated parameters are broken now.
From: |
Al Gilman |
Subject: |
Re: LYNX-DEV ac0.97: CGI &-separated parameters are broken now. |
Date: |
Tue, 2 Dec 1997 08:39:48 -0500 (EST) |
to follow up on what [______ ______] said:
> Just try to enter this URL with Lynx (you can't)
>
> <a href="http://www.Lpage.com/wgb/wgbview.dbm?owner=AcheBook&lang=ru-en">
> My guestbook</a>
Chris Maden indirectly pointed out that this is an FAQ when he used
it as a classic example, thus:
>> This is analogous to when & should be used in hrefs. When it's a
>> field separator in a URL, you don't want to hide it from the Web
>> server, so you should not use %26, but you do want to hide it from the
>> SGML entity manager, so you should use &.
And yes, you can find the reference by searching for "escaping" in
http://www.access.digex.net/%7Easgilman/lynx/FAQ/
-- Al
i.e. use
<a
href="http://www.Lpage.com/wgb/wgbview.dbm?owner=AcheBook&lang=ru-en">