w3c html validation result - what does this mean?

... name="companyid" value="<%=Request.Form("companyid")%>">
^

Error: an attribute value literal can occur in an attribute specification list only after a vi delimiter


I'm trying to make my pages compliant with the check at w3.org



http://validator.w3.org/check

but I don't know what this error means :confused:

this passes validation - but the server can't process the code

Code:

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value="<%=Request.Form("companyid")%>">

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change " to '

Code:

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value="<%=Request.Form('companyid')%>">

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Here's my latest error...

if you have an idea, don't hold back!

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Code:

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... "companyid" name="companyid" value=?"<%=Request.Form("compan ...
^

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Error: an attribute value must be quoted if it contains any character other than letters (A-Za-z), digits, hyphens, and periods; use quotes if in doubt

The little carat thingy points to the middle of "Request"...

Don't test your ASP, test the resulting HTML. That will keep the validator from confusing the two.

Code:

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value="<%=Request.Form("companyid")%>">

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This is perfectly legal, you don't need to change the outer quote characters. The only time this will present a problem is if the value stored in Request.Form("companyid") contains quote characters.

that's cool - I'll try it out. thanks!