it occurs to me that it might make it easier to answer the question if i tell you exactly what the w3c xhtml validator is coughing on.<br><br><FONT FACE=monospace># cannot generate system identifier for general entity "y"<br>...p://site.com/form?x=a&y=b&z=c <br> ^<br><br># general entity "y" not defined and no default entity (explain...).<br>...p://site.com/form?x=a&y=b&z=c <br> ^<br><br># reference not terminated by REFC delimiter<br>...p://site.com/form?x=a&y=b&z=c<br> ^<br><br># reference to external entity in attribute value<br>...p://site.com/form?x=a&y=b&z=c<br> ^<br><br># reference to entity "y" for which no system identifier could be generated<br>...p://site.com/form?x=a&y=b&z=c<br> ^<br><br># entity was defined here<br>...p://site.com/form?x=a&y=b&z=c<br> ^</font><br><br>ad infinitum. <p>Liam Morley<br><A HREF="mailto:"></A><br>"light the deep, and bring silence to the world.<br>light the world, and bring depth to the silence."