Hi,
I have a link in my XML document with an ampersand in the URL. the XML parser will not validate since it thinks it is a reference entity, but it is not. The parser keep complaining that entity must end with a delimiter ";".
How can I work around this parsing error?
Please advise.

Well an ampersand in the representation of a URL is illegal so the parser is correct. How is the XML document being formed?

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Joe (Microsoft MVP - XML)

Not sure if I understand what you are asking me.
I keep getting an XML file not formed.
here is a part of the link.
"&blnSearchResults"

An ampersand in XML must always be written as & (that's &_amp; without the underscore).

For example the URL posted with this message:

http://p2p.wrox.com/post.asp?method=...44&FORUM_ID=85

would be represented in XML as

http://p2p.wrox.com/post.asp?method=...44&FORUM_ID=85

(again, without the underscore).

If you don't do that, it's not XML.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
Author, XSLT Programmer's Reference and XPath 2.0 Programmer's Reference

(The second & should also be escaped as & of course)

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
Author, XSLT Programmer's Reference and XPath 2.0 Programmer's Reference

I have tried the suggested replacement of & with amp; and it worked.
thanks guys.