Posted by mouse on 09/23/06 21:39

I have a reference to a web counter in my page, which according to my
ISP should look like;

<IMG SRC="/cgi-sys/Count.cgi?df=sigma-index.html&st=1000">

However the W3 validator wails about the ampersand '&' before the st.
It insists the line must look like;

<img src="/cgi-sys/Count.cgi?df=c-compiler-com-root&amp;ft=0&amp;dd=D"
title="Counter" alt="Counter">

in other words we must use &amp; instead of just &

Is this how valid HTML must specify an ampersand? Both versions seem
valid in my web browser. The &amp; version looks a bit strange and I
am surprised that W3 validator regards it as necessary.

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