escaping special characthers: xsp or xslt problem?

["pmirco@inwind.it" <pm...@inwind.it>]

I'm reading some data from a database (mysql) using an xsp page.

My xsp is very simple, something like:
<esql:results>
  <news>
    <esql:row-results>
      <title><esql:get-string column="title"/></title>
    </esql:row-results>
  </news>
</esql:results>

Then I fill a text field using this data:

<input type="text" name="title" size="50" maxlength="100">
  <xsl:attribute name="value"><xsl:value-of select="normalize-space
(news/title)" disable-output-escaping="yes"/></xsl:attribute>
</input>

When I wrote my data into the database, I converted special characters 
like "à" to "à" (I think this is a good practice, but correct me 
if I'm wrong!).

My problem is that the result after XSLT processing is:
<input maxlength="100" size="50" name="titolo" type="text"
value="&amp;#224;">
and this is not what I really want, 'cause the user don't see the 
character "à" but the string "à".

As you can see, I've used the attribute "disable-output-escaping", but 
the output IS escaped.
If I try to output the content of (news/title) with a simple <xsl:value-
of select> (not wrapped by xsl:attribute), the characther is displayed 
as I expect.

any suggestion?



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Re: escaping special characthers: xsp or xslt problem?

[Joerg Heinicke <jo...@gmx.de>]

Hello,

there shell be no difference between <xsl:value-of/> with 
<xsl:attribute/> or without it. What I can definitively say, is, that 
you don't need disable-output-escaping in general. Is there any 
difference between with or without it? d-o-e shell only be used, if you 
need < (less than) in a non XML conformant way like PHP (<? ... ?>) or 
JSP (<%). But you use Cocoon, so there shell be no need in (again) 
general. Can you look at the result of the XSP without transforming it?

The problem in your case seems to be the <esql:get-string/>. The data 
will be escaped then. Doesn't there exist a <esql:get-xml/>?

Regards,

Joerg

pmirco@inwind.it wrote:
> I'm reading some data from a database (mysql) using an xsp page.
> 
> My xsp is very simple, something like:
> <esql:results>
>   <news>
>     <esql:row-results>
>       <title><esql:get-string column="title"/></title>
>     </esql:row-results>
>   </news>
> </esql:results>
> 
> Then I fill a text field using this data:
> 
> <input type="text" name="title" size="50" maxlength="100">
>   <xsl:attribute name="value"><xsl:value-of select="normalize-space
> (news/title)" disable-output-escaping="yes"/></xsl:attribute>
> </input>
> 
> When I wrote my data into the database, I converted special characters 
> like "à" to "à" (I think this is a good practice, but correct me 
> if I'm wrong!).
> 
> My problem is that the result after XSLT processing is:
> <input maxlength="100" size="50" name="titolo" type="text"
> value="&amp;#224;">
> and this is not what I really want, 'cause the user don't see the 
> character "à" but the string "à".
> 
> As you can see, I've used the attribute "disable-output-escaping", but 
> the output IS escaped.
> If I try to output the content of (news/title) with a simple <xsl:value-
> of select> (not wrapped by xsl:attribute), the characther is displayed 
> as I expect.
> 
> any suggestion?


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