problem getting link to validate in XHTML

[gtbikerider]

I have a link such as

index.cfm?action=document&DocumentID=1

I need to get my document validated as XHTML and it's reporting:

Error: unknown entity "DocumentID"

and

Error: reference not terminated by refc delimiter
(refers to the = sign)

Any clues as to how a link like this should be coded for valid XHTML? --
John

 

[tleish]

Is that a link in an href in the page, or is that a link to the page?

I tried the puting:
<a href=&quot;index.cfm?action=document&DocumentID=1&quot;>Link</a>

In a page myself, and it validated as an XHTML document just fine... what other code is in the page? - tleish

 

[gtbikerider]

It's a chunk of code on the page not the URL of the page itself. The code is actually...

<cfoutput query=&quot;GetDocuments&quot;>
<p>
<a href=&quot;./index.cfm?action=document&DocumentID=#DocumentID#&quot;>
#Linktext#
</a>
</p>
</cfoutput>

...could the fact that it's being processed by CF make any difference? --
John

 

[gtbikerider]

I think I found the right answer is to use &amp instead of just &

--
John