Ampersands in URLs

[Richard Frith-Macdonald]

Denis Howe wrote:
> Josep Egea <jes at rednsi.com> complained:
>
> > <http://myhost/run.nxp?par1=val1&imagen=myImage&par2=val2
> >
> > ... OmniWeb converts this into something like
> >
> > <http://myhost/run.nxp?par1=val1?n=myImage&par2=val2
>
> Ken Case <kc at omnigroup.com> replied:
>
> > When you want to use a literal ampersand (as in
> > a URL), you should always quote it (as "&amp;").
>
> Far be it from me to question the wisdom of the
> experts but isn't this both wrong and irrelevant?
>
Ken Case is right as long as you are talking about a URL which is part of an  
HTML document.  If you are typing the URL in to a web browser as a location to  
go to then you must NOT use the '&amp;' quoting.  Perhaps this is where the  
confusion lies?

1.  URLs in HTML should be like -
<A  
HREF="http://myhost/run.nxp?par1=val1&amp;imagen=myImage&amp;par2=val2">call a  
script with parameters</A>

2.  URL typed into a web browser should be like -
http://myhost/run.nxp?par1=val1&imagen=myImage&par2=val2