<p>I am trying to create a query string of variable assignments separated by the <code>&amp;</code> symbol (ex: <code>"var1=x&amp;var2=y&amp;..."</code>). I plan to pass this string into an embedded flash file.</p>

<p>I am having trouble getting an <code>&amp;</code> symbol to show up in XSLT. If I just type <code>&amp;</code> with no tags around it, there is a problem rendering the XSLT document. If I type <code>&amp;amp;</code> with no tags around it, then the output of the document is <code>&amp;amp;</code> with no change. If I type <code>&lt;xsl:value-of select="&amp;" /&gt;</code> or <code>&lt;xsl:value-of select="&amp;amp;" /&gt;</code> I also get an error. Is this possible? Note: I have also tried <code>&amp;amp;amp;</code> with no success.</p>

Use
```
disable-output-escaping="yes"
```
in your
```
value-of
```
tag