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Posted by John Dunlop on 10/30/06 09:21
BKDotCom:
> Pedro Graca wrote:
>
> > The following line is perfectly valid HTML (I think in any version)
> >
> > <input type="text" name="x><y" id="xy">
Yes, yes it is. In any version.
> I would have to disagree
Run it through a validator. You'll find it's valid.
The 'name' attribute is defined as CDATA, so pretty much anything goes
if the attribute value is quoted, including literal less-than and
greater-than signs.
> <input type="text" name="x> is invalid: no closing quote around
> name value
Yes, as a start-tag _in itself_. That wasn't Pedro's example though;
his example was the whole
| <input type="text" name="x><y" id="xy">
> <y" id="xy"> is invalid. y" isn't a valid cname
As a tag in itself, it is invalid HTML, yes. It isn't invalid as part
of the example above.
> (only alphanumeric?)
Generic identifiers (aka, element type names) must begin with upper- or
lowercase letters.
> if you want 'x><y' as a value you'd need to use name="x><y"
No. You only need to replace '<' and '>' with references where they
would be understood as something other than character data.
--
Jock
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