> Hi folks... I have an application that is sort of like a > guestbook that > I threw together, and when people type in long strings > without spaces, > it messes up my template.
> What's the best way to prevent that? > I was thinking about looping through a comment as a list > with a space > delimiter, and looking for strings longer than X > characters. That'd > probably work I'm just wondering if anyone has dealt with > this issue and > had their own solution. > Thanks > Rick I'm not up on super-string theory... :P But my answer to this generally speaking is not to accept guests. :P p.s. I don't know if there's really a better answer -- if you loop over them with whitespace characters as delimiters, what will you do with the long strings when you see them? If it's a word (like say -- the scientific name of black lung disease) would you just insert a hyphen in an arbitrary location or what? s. isaac dealey 954.522.6080 new epoch : isn't it time for a change? add features without fixtures with the onTap open source framework http://www.fusiontap.com http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/author/4806Dealey.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:213536 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=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
