HTML Encode HRef Value (Or Not)

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Suppose I have the following two anchor tags:

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<a href="http://www.site.com/default.aspx?a=1&b=2">First Link</a>
<a href="http://www.site.com/default.aspx?a=1&amp;b=2">Second Link</a>

Both of those result in the correct URL, http://www.site.com/default.aspx?a=1&b=2. However, I'm not sure if that's just the browser being extra flexible. Is the HTML encoded URL the more correct version? For example, would one of those URL's be rejected in some standards conformance mode?

Posted 14-May-11 14:54pm

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