# and XML Attributes 2

[BoulderBum]

Can you legally use '#' in an attribute in XML?

For example:

<someElement someAttribute="some # value"/>

Apparently a Web Service we use didn't like the '#' character when used in an address. The service has been known to be a bit quirky in the past, however (we suspect they're hand-coding their parsing instead of using any API), so I want to determine if this is a mistake THEY should be looking into, or something WE botched.

 

[jaybytez]

The # is not one of xml's five predefined entities, so it should not of any concern as an attribute. Seems to check well-formedness just fine with # as the attribute.

 

[chiph]

I've never had a problem using it as a value.

Chip H.


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[BoulderBum]

K. You guys were right, it was just a bug on "their" end.