w3c html validation result - what does this mean?

[billwagnon]

... 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

[billwagnon]

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

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

change " to '

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

[billwagnon]

Here's my latest error...

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

*

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

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"...

[CiberTHuG]

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

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

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.

[billwagnon]

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