You don't have to do that, just do a count on words, use space as a delimiter and then output 1/4 of the text in each column.
Ade -----Original Message----- From: Greg Morphis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 28 February 2005 17:49 To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Dividing output?? The height of the column at this point. I imagine I could add a special character.. pipe | or something. I think my best option is to tell the biz that this wont work and that those 4 columns will need to be specific to their own column in the DB.. On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 12:34:57 -0500, Michael T. Tangorre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: Greg Morphis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Is it possible (I can't see how) to take a big block of text > > from the database and split it up into 4 columns within a table? > > Yes, it is possible depending upon how you want to split it. What is the > criteria that determines the break points? -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 266.5.1 - Release Date: 27/02/2005 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:196833 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54