<select> option cannot contain & character

lcarr

TeamSite 5.5.2 Windows 2000

DCT contains a select with options (drop down list box)

<item name="Alert Type">
<select required="t" multiple="f">
<option label="New Country & Corridor" value="New Country/Corridor"/>
<option label="New Service/Product" value="New Service/Product"/>
</select>
</item>

If the label or value in the above contains a &, I get the following error:
A ParseException was thrown: Error parsing Data Capture Template of alert/agent_alert: Stopping after fatal error: The entity name must immediately follow the '&' in the entity reference.

If I remove the ampersand, all is fine. Why is it illegal to have an & here? Is there a workaround?

(note: In my actual implementation, I am reading the option name/value pairs from a database.)

Migrateduser

yes, because "&" is a reserved character in XML.

try:

<option label="New Country &amp; Corridor" value="New Country/Corridor"/>